On Tuesday 07 May 2002 19:08, Nadav Har'El wrote: > On Tue, May 07, 2002, Amir Tal wrote about "Re: Nicknames for my Hostname": > > after "hostname nadav.look.at.this" the hostname DID change, and it will > > stay that way until the next time it will be changed. reboot will NOT set > > it back to localhost. > > Did you actually try this? I would bet that a reboot *will* revert it back > to localhost (or whatever you had as a hostname previously).
would i be agruing with you if i didnt try ? ;) i did, and it does last. no changes after reboot. > > On the other hand, just changing /etc/sysconfig/network won't have any > affect on the current running kernel - if you don't want to reboot for > the change to take affect (as they in Windows), you'll need to use the > hostname command too. > > > > I find that very hard to believe. It is not the "Unix Way". And what > > > happens if two people are logged in at the same time? Logging out > > > (whatever that means) should not have such effects. > > > > like i said - other users will be effected in their next login. > > this is RH72 btw... same goes for mandrake 8.2 and suse 7.3 . > > didnt try on anything else (yet) > > "hostname" changes the host name immediately, there is no need to wait for > the next login - just run uname -n (or hostname) to see that it changed > immediately, or run "bash" (or another shell) if you just *have* to see > the correct prompt. It has nothing to do with logging in or out. no argument there. RH7.0, however, wanted a complete logout for the effect to take place, in 7.2 reloading "bash" is enough. i didnt investigate this enough to say why. -- ----------------------------------------------- [root@localhost /]# make love make: stop : dont know how to make love [root@localhost /]#ls Amir Tal, ICQ : 15748705 http://www.whatsup.org.il ----------------------------------------------- ================================================================To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
