Re: Changing the host name

To: Rick Hawkins <rhawkins@iastate.edu>
Cc: Alberto Ruiz <aruiz@debian1.sssys.com>, debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Changing the host name
From: Rob Browning <rlb@cs.utexas.edu>
Date: 23 Jun 1997 19:47:23 -0500
Message-id: <[🔎] 87bu4w7ro0.fsf@nevermore.csres.utexas.edu>
In-reply-to: Rick Hawkins's message of "Mon, 23 Jun 1997 14:38:25 CDT"
References: <[🔎] 9706231938.AA14500@pv3439.vincent.iastate.edu>

Rick Hawkins <rhawkins@iastate.edu> writes:

> /etc/hostname, too . . . and then i think (not sure) you neet a reboot
> or midnight to pass.

This can be a tricky operation.  You'll have to change every config
file that has cached the hostname.  I'm specifically thinking of
things like the sendmail config file.

-- 
Rob

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