According to Paul J. Lucas, on Fri, 25 Mar 2005 07:47:36 -0800 (PST), > If I want to change a host's name, I edit: > > /etc/hostname > /etc/mailname > /etc/hosts > > which I did, but 'uname -n' still prints the old hostname. Is a > reboot necessary? > > - Paul > > /etc/init.d/hostname.sh restart