Re: Hostname confusion!!
On Sat, Apr 21, 2007 at 20:38:43 +0100, Steven Maddox (Architect) wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> HELP! -- I could REALLY use your help here before I muck up further!
>
> I have installed my Debian etch server on the idea it was going to be
> called 'sinclair' so this is the hostname I told it to use during
> installation.
>
> Later I decided to renamed it to 'dedicated' (n.b. This made more sense as
> it was 'Sinclair Dedicated' with 'Sinclair' being the networks name, not
> the PC itself)
> So I changed the data in /etc/hostname to simply 'dedicated' and then
> rebooted
>
> However! When I have installed other things that automatically check what
> the hostname is, they guess it as 'sinclair'
> However However! When I log in using SSH with its motd greeting, and when
> looking at system logs its using the name 'dedicated'
> SO obviously the name 'sinclair' is still knocking about somewhere :(
>
> Now to add to the confusion (sorry) - I don't want either of these names as
> I have finally picked what it should be called...
>
> My question is this... can someone offer me a complete list of files that
> should be modified that contain the name of the PC or the hostname so I can
> change them to the new name
> I already know about /etc/hostname - What others could use changing?
Check out /etc/hosts and the manpage of the "hostname" command.
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