Re: Cannot change hostname permanently

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

John Hasler wrote:
> Chris Lale wrote:
>   
> > or by using the hostname command. All is well until I reboot. During
> > boot, hostname is reset to the value I supplied during installation.
> >     
>
> Kent West writes:
>
>   
> > That seems slightly odd to me.
> >     
>
> Not at all.  From /etc/init.d/hostname.sh:
>
> # Short-Description: Set hostname based on /etc/hostname
>   
No, I mean it seems odd that he changes "/etc/hostname", and after 
reboot it has changed back to the original.

Or at least, that's what I understood him to say in his original post.

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Kent