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. -- Regards, | http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer Florian | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
