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Re: How to change the IP of a Debian box



On Wed, Feb 07, 2001 at 01:03:31PM -0800, Known Human Nick Rusnov wrote:
> In message <[🔎] 14977.45567.72359.830857@hilbert.mat.uc.pt>it was written:
> >Hi
> >
> >I need to change the "personality" of a Debian box.
> >
> >How do I change the IP/name of the machine?
> 
> The IP is set in /etc/network/interfaces
> 
> The hostname is set in /etc/hostname though you may have to adjust /etc/hosts too.
> 

After you do this you might want to grep through /etc for your old
hostname in case it is mentioned in the conf files for various
applications which may mention it.

your pal dave

-- 
Dave Thayer
Denver, Colorado USA
dave@thayer-boyle.com



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