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On Mon, 23 Jun 1997, Rick Hawkins wrote:
>> I'm trying to figure out how to change the hostname manually. I did the
>> command hostname <new name> , and I went into /etc/hosts and replace the
>> old hostname with the new one. Is it anything other command or file that
>> I need to edit to conpletelly change the hostname?? I also noticed that
>> the login prompt and shell prompt still display the old name.
>
>/etc/hostname, too . . . and then i think (not sure) you neet a reboot
>or midnight to pass.
What did the trick for me:
1) change /etc/hostname then say
hostname --file /etc/hostname
2) change IP-address entry in /etc/hosts
3) rerun sendmailconfig
4) change /etc/resolv.conf if domain changed too
5) change /etc/mailname
(Did I forget something?)
No reboot is necessary.
Nils
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