HOstname - LInux - postfix

[Guillermo Garron]

On 11/25/06, Maillist-Norm <maillist at sios.ca> wrote:
> Guillermo Garron wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have this problem
> >
> > my email server's DNS name is
> >
> > ns1.mydomain.com, and it is registered in the reverse DNS also with
> > that name, when i installed my server at the hostname i entered
> >
> > centos-server.mydomain.com
> >
> > when i tried to send an email from the root console with
> >
> > # mail root
> >
> > the email is returned saying that
> >
> > root at centos-server.mydomain.com, could not be verified
> >
> > i used the command
> > # hostname ns1.mydomain.com
> > and also edited the file.
> >
> > /etc/hosts,
> > but i have the same result, the hostname did not change, i even
> > restart my server with no luck.
> >
> > what am I missing?
> >
> > regards,
> >
> > Guillermo.
> >
> >
> The only way I have been able to get a name change to stick is to boot
> into level 3 and edit  etc/sysconfig/network.
> Norm
Thanks Norm,

this really worked!

regards,
Guillermo.

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Guillermo Garron
"Linux IS user friendly... It's just selective about who its friends are."
(Using FC5, CentOS4.4 and Ubuntu 6.06)