[ale] vmware changing hostname thru scripts

[The Don Lachlan]

On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 09:02:38AM -0700, Damon Chesser wrote:
> Don't forget /etc/hosts

And any daemons which recognize a hostname, e.g. smtp, http.

-L

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Derek Atkins
> Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 11:27 AM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [ale] vmware changing hostname thru scripts
> 
> Hi,
> 
> David Tomaschik <david at systemoverlord.com> writes:
> 
> > sudo hostname <new hostname>.
> >
> > man hostname.
> >
> > David
> >
> > On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 9:23 AM, Narahari 'n' Savitha
> > <savithari at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Friends:
> >>
> >> Is there a way thru sudo to change the hostname of a ubuntu session running
> >> inside vmware ?
> >>
> >> I am rolling out vmware files to users and would like for them to be able to
> >> run the script and the host name changes.
> >>
> >> -Narahari
> 
> Note that this will only change the hostname for the current run of the
> VM.  If you want to change the hostname "permanently" for the VM Image
> you'll need to change it in a config file.  On Red Hat/Fedora it's
> /etc/sysconfig/network; I have no idea how to do it on Debian/Ubuntu.
> 
> -derek
> 
> 
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