On Sun, Jun 06, 2004 at 03:41:21PM +0200, Lukas Ruf wrote: > > Tom Allison <tallison@tacocat.net> [2004-06-06 15:36]: > > > > How do I set the hostname correctly? > > > > I tried using the hostname command, but it never sticks around. > > > > After a restart, it's the old hostname. > > > > have you read 'man hostname': > > The host name is usually set once at system startup in > /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 or /etc/init.d/boot (normally by read? > ing the contents of a file which contains the host name, > e.g. /etc/hostname). > > Hence, to configure the hostname: > vim /etc/hostname ...and don't forget to do a recursive grep on /etc to find all the other files with the hostname in (eg. /etc/exim/exim.conf). -- Pigeon Be kind to pigeons Get my GPG key here: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x21C61F7F
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