Thanks Sean! It's interesting to me: I had tried editing those files twice before in k-edit or something and they would appear to change until a reboot, so this time I did it in the vi editor before starting an x-session and it worked! I'm not sure what the difference would be if the permissions&read-only stuff was ok in k-edit but in any case thanks for the help.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sean Estabrooks Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 11:17 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Change computer name on Redhat On Sun, 10 Aug 2003 11:21:01 -0700 "Daniel Donoghue" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm wondering if there's a way to permanently change the computer's > name (using Redhat 8). If I change the name by editing the etc/hosts > file, or through the network config settings, or with the hostname > command, it only changes the name for the next x-session; when I > reboot or logout it goes back to a default localhost.localdomain. Can > I make a change to this name that will be permanent? Thanks in > advance. > > Hi Daniel, Take a look at the /etc/sysconfig/network file. You may also have to update your /etc/hosts file afterward. Cheers, Sean -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
