SOLVED Re: Cannot change hostname permanently

[Chris Lale <chrislale@untrammelled.co.uk>]

Brad Rogers wrote:
> [...]
>   
> You seem to be under the impression that the command hostname writes to
> the file /etc/hostname.  AIUI, that is *not* the case.  You'll have to
> alter the file in a text editor.
>
>   

Thanks Brad - I've come to the same conclusion. Thanks to everyone else 
who contributed to the thread.

--
Chris.