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Hi !!!I had given my computer a name when I installed red hat 8. But now the name has switched back to localhost and I have no clue how. How ...
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  1. 11-08-2003 #1
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    Changing computer name

    Hi !!!I had given my computer a name when I installed red hat 8. But now the name has switched back to localhost and I have no clue how. How do I revert back to the old name or change the name of the computer ???

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    try open this file: /etc/sysconfig/network
    it should contain something like
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    NETWORKING=yes
HOSTNAME=computername
    I think you should change the name in these files too: (iirc the host file must be change or else sendmail can take a year to start at boot time)
    /etc/hosts
    /etc/HOSTNAME

    I think you should reboot you computer after changing.
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    You dont have to reboot. execute hostname <and your computername> to set the hostname now. /etc/sysconfig/network will be parsed on next boot.
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