[wellylug] hostname

[Damon Lynch]

The problem is not with the /etc/hosts file (which has been fixed).

I think the "real" problem, so to speak, is probably found in:

/etc/sysconfig/network

That has a bunch of stuff in it.  e.g. my work one is (only some of
which is relevant to Rose):

DOMAINNAME=int.dev-zone.org
NETWORKING=yes
DHCP_HOSTNAME=devnet.int.dev-zone.org
HOSTNAME=devnet.int.dev-zone.org
FORWARD_IPV4=false
NISDOMAIN=int.dev-zone.org


I suspect the DOMAINNAME and / or HOSTNAME value is wrong.  Fix this,
and all should be set :-)

Damon
	

On Tue, 2003-02-25 at 00:58, Jonathan Harker wrote:
> Hi Rose,
> 
> 1. When you reboot, I assume you are getting your pretty login screen. Press 
> CTRL+ALT+F1. This will (hopefully) get you out of X (the fancy graphical 
> windowsey bit of Linux) and into a text based terminal. Don't worry, your X 
> is still there - ALT+F1 through ALT+F6 give you six independent text 
> terminals, and ALT+F7 will get you back to X. You need the CTRL as well to 
> get out of X and into the text terminals though.
> 
> 2. Log in as root.
> 
> 3. Type at the command line:
> 
> hostname rose
> 
> This will change the hostname of your Linux box to rose (or whatever you 
> like). You MUST do this first before editing /etc/hosts.
> 
> 4. Edit /etc/hosts to reflect the new hostname. I'm going to step you through 
> emacs, which you'll find much easier to use than vi (okay everyone - let's 
> leave the emacs vs. vi jihad for another day!-) Type this:
> 
> emacs /etc/hosts
> 
> Change the file, as if you are using notepad in windows, to have a single line 
> reading as follows:
> 
> 127.0.0.1    localhost   rose
> 
> to save in emacs, type CTRL+X, then CTRL+S.
> to quit emacs once you're done, type CTRL+X, CTRL+C (c for quit, obviously!)
> 
> 5. Reboot. Type:
> 
> init 6
> 
> Let me/us know how you get on.
> 
> 
> 
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