Brian Kimball wrote: > Others have already led you in the right direction. To summarize: > > 1) change IP address: edit interface information in > /etc/network/interfaces > 2) change hostname: edit /etc/hostname and /etc/hosts > 3) update nameserver information in /etc/resolv.conf or > /etc/network/interfaces if you use the resolvconf package.
Good > But that only handles the bare minimum. You will also need to > reconfigure any software that has your old hostname, IP address, > netmask, network address, etc., hardcoded in its config files. > In this case grepping everything in /etc is the only sure-fire > way to remember what needs to be changed and what doesn't. But in many cases the software should have been configured to use "localhost" anyway, and this name -- the canonical hostname corresponding to IP address 127.0.0.1, never changes. Matthew Lenz wrote: > The only other difference I could see is that etherconf puts > the FQDN in /etc/hostname rather than just the host name. Arrgh. I'll file a bug report about that. It is possible to have a FQDN as one's system hostname, but this is not Debian tradition and Debian configuration tools should be consistent. -- Thomas Hood -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
