Thomas Hood wrote: > Brian Kimball wrote: > > 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.
Good point. I was thinking from the point of view of having multiple linux machines on a network. I guess not everyone's that lucky. ;-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
