Author: Unknown
Email: Unknown
Date Submitted: April 17, 1998
Edited by: David S. Jackson <dsj@dsj.net>
Status: New Entry

Releases:	All
Platform:	All
Category:	Networking and Netcfg
Category Listing:	How do I change my hostname without Netcfg?

Issue:

This is how you change your hostname using a text editor. The following example assumes your Fully Qualified Domain Name is cathouse.vu.com

Response:

• edit /etc/sysconfig/network and change
  HOSTNAME=localhost.localdomain
  to
  HOSTNAME=cathouse.vu.com
  
• edit /etc/hosts and change
  127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain
  to
  127.0.0.1 localhost cathouse.vu.com
• edit /etc/HOSTNAME and change
  localhost.localdomain
  to
  cathouse.vu.com

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