Re: hostname

[Greg Green <greg@advantagecom.com>]

THANKS!!

Greg



Manoj Srivastava wrote:

> Hi,
> >>"Greg" == Greg Green <greg@advantagecom.com> writes:
>
> Greg> I am currently working just fine on my LAN, however, I need to
> Greg> change my host name only. What files would I modify to do so?  I
> Greg> know I need to change the /etc/hosts, but I do knot know what
> Greg> others need to be changed.  Any input would be helpful.
>
>         From a recent post by Nils Rennebarth:
>
> >>"Nils" == Nils Rennebarth <nils@nus.de>  writes:
>
> Nils> What did the trick for me:
>
> Nils> 1) change /etc/hostname then say
> Nils>    % hostname --file /etc/hostname
> Nils> 2) change IP-address entry in /etc/hosts
> Nils> 3) rerun sendmailconfig
> Nils> 4) change /etc/resolv.conf if domain changed too
> Nils> 5) change /etc/mailname
>
> Nils> (Did I forget something?)
>
> Nils> No reboot is necessary.
>
> Nils> Nils
>
>         manoj
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