Changing host name

[Tom H]

>>>> I've never found a need to reboot on changing hostnames.  The most
>>>> drastic action I've taken was to "service network restart".

>>> One wold assumme if yo are using 'service network start' you are not
>>> using NM so your comments about the changing hostname may not apply to
>>> the OP's system.

>> Unless I'm out of my mind...that assumption would not be true.....
>> Even if you use NM you can still use "service network restart".  When
>> one uses NM the directories /etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default
>> and /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices are empty. This is the case on my
>> system.

> I have no opinion on the soundness of this, but "service NetworkManager
> restart" is what I use myself.

There is a "NM_CONTROLLED" variable that can be set in the ifcfg-*
scripts to use one or the other (although I do not see where my F13
init.d scripts check for its value.)