Changing Hostname
Taylor, ForrestX
forrestx.taylor at intel.com
Wed Apr 14 21:48:53 UTC 2004
On Wed, 2004-04-14 at 14:43, Satish Balay wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Apr 2004, Taylor, ForrestX wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 2004-04-14 at 14:28, Clifford Snow wrote:
> > > I'm attempting to change the hostname of my box. I used the following
> > > steps to change the hostname:
> > > 1. Edited /etc/sysconfig/network to change the
> > > HOSTNAME=newname.example.com
> > > 2. Edited /etc/hosts to 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
> > > newname
> > > 3. Ran /bin/hostname newname
> > >
> > > I seem to be missing something because opening a web browser just
> > > hangs. What other places need to be changed to change the hostname?
> >
> > You forgot step 0: xhost +localhost. The X server is no longer able to
> > send it's information to the original host name (since you changed it).
> > Restart X (Ctrl+Alt+Backspace) and you should be able to start a
> > browser.
>
> And also be consistant with the hostname (in the above 3 steps)
>
> HOSTNAME=newname
True, and the OP didn't mention that (s)he restarted the network (step
2.5) ;o)
Forrest
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