Re: Changing Hostname = Reboot machine?

2006-10-13 Thread Jonathan Chen
On Fri, Oct 13, 2006 at 04:40:45PM +0800, David Schulz wrote: > Hi, > > i wasnt asking how to change the hostname, but if there are any > things i should be aware of or have to do if changing the hostname. You don't normally have to reboot. Have a look at /etc/rc.d/hostname. Cheers. -- Jonath

Re: Changing Hostname = Reboot machine?

2006-10-13 Thread Svein Halvor Halvorsen
David Schulz wrote: i wasnt asking how to change the hostname, but if there are any things i should be aware of or have to do if changing the hostname. You can just change it, and it will take effect immedeately. However, there may be some server software you have running that needs to be rest

Re: Changing Hostname = Reboot machine?

2006-10-13 Thread David Schulz
Hi, i wasnt asking how to change the hostname, but if there are any things i should be aware of or have to do if changing the hostname. Thanks, David On Oct 13, 2006, at 2:12 PM, Jonathan Chen wrote: On Fri, Oct 13, 2006 at 11:06:54AM +0800, David Schulz wrote: Hello all, i would like to

Re: Changing Hostname = Reboot machine?

2006-10-12 Thread Jonathan Chen
On Fri, Oct 13, 2006 at 11:06:54AM +0800, David Schulz wrote: > Hello all, > > i would like to change the Host-name one two of my Servers. Do i have > to restart the Machines afterwards, or is the another way i can make > the new Host-name take effect? hostname(1) is your friend. -- Jonathan

Re: changing hostname

2004-01-14 Thread Marco Beishuizen
On stardate Wed, 14 Jan 2004, the wise Jonathan T. Sage entered: > a simple > > # hostname new.host.name > > should do what you're asking. also add it to rc.conf so the changes > stay on next reboot Well, I did this and it looks fine now. Thanks! Marco -- Man is the only animal that can remai

Re: changing hostname

2004-01-14 Thread Jonathan T. Sage
Marco Beishuizen wrote: Hi, I would like to change the hostname of one of my machines without a reboot. Is it enough to change my rc.conf and run the /etc/netstart script or do I have to do something else? man hostname(1): NAME hostname -- set or print name of current host system SYNOPSIS