I just rebooted and the change was working, perhaps because I set it on /etc/sysconfig/network like nadav said ?
BTW I run RH7.1 On Tue, May 07, 2002 at 08:04:34PM +0300, Muli Ben-Yehuda wrote: > On Tue, May 07, 2002 at 07:10:00PM +0300, Amir Tal wrote: > > > The effect of the "hostname" command will only last until the next reboot, > > > where the init scripts will set the name "localhost" for him - I assume > > > that's not what he wants. This will happen at least in RedHat, and I would > > > guess in most other distributions. > > > > > i use RH72, 2.4.9-31, and what ever file the "hostname" commnad writes to, > > lasts forever. after boot, after shutdown, after anything. > > I find this hard to believe. In fact, I just tested it on a redhat > 7.2, which acted precisely the way Nadav described. > > > didnt modify anything, this is the default for me. wierd, i admit, but this is > > how it works for me. > > Are you sure? Becaue you then went on to say: > > > no intention to reboot right now just to make a point. i will, however, post > > the resaults next time i reboot (monthes from today, hopefully) :) > > So if you didn't reboot to check, why are you perpetuating your > opinion as gospel? Please show concrete evidence to support your > claims, whether code or system logs. > > Arguing with nyh just doesn't pay off. > -- > The ill-formed Orange > Fails to satisfy the eye: http://vipe.technion.ac.il/~mulix/ > Segmentation fault. http://syscalltrack.sf.net/ > -- <a href="http://eg-site.tripod.com";>Eliran</a> The right of self-defense is the first law of nature: in most governments it has been the study of rulers to confine this right within the narrowest limits possible. Wherever standing armies are kept up, and when the right of the people to keep and bear arms is, under any color or pretext whatsoever, prohibited, liberty, if not already annihilated, is on the brink of destruction." -- Henry St. George Tucker (in Blackstone's Commentaries) ================================================================= 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]
