Where is the computer network name set and stored ?

[Craig White]

On Wed, 2011-09-21 at 23:51 -0600, linux guy wrote:
> For anyone still following this thread, using the hostname command to
> change the hostname does not result in a permanent change.  As per the
> man file, it only changes it until the next reboot.
> 
> =========================================================================================
>   SET NAME
>        When  called  with  one  argument or with the --file option,
> the commands set the host name or the NIS/YP domain name.
>        hostname uses the sethostname(2) function, while all of the
> three domainname, ypdomainname and nisdomainname use  set‐
>        domainname(2).   Note, that this is effective only until the
> next reboot.  After reboot original names from /etc/hosts
>        are used again.
> =========================================================================================
> 
> It appears to me that the only way to truly change the hostname of a
> machine is to edit /etc/sysconfig/network. But I might be wrong.
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you're correct

Craig


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