Permintally changing host name

[fzx5v0]

Hi

I have a vitual private server with fedora core 2 installed

I would like to perminatly change the hostname

I have edited /etc/hosts and /etc/sysconfig/network and changed the hostname

After a reboot the files seem to revert back to the old hostname

Can anyone advise if there is nothing I can do can I right a script that will run on statup to set the hostname.

Thanks in advance

[Roxoff]

use this tool as root:

system-config-network

the hostname is specified on the 'DNS' tab.

[fzx5v0]

no that doesnot work after a reboot it defaults back to the old hostname

I can not understand it

[anomie]

Try the

hostname new_name_here

command.

Are you updating the hostname via dhcp by any chance?

[fzx5v0]

hostname new-name is only temporary until re-boot

thanks anyway

box has a static ip and is a vitual server

[scm]

I'd have done exactly what you've done to change the hostname, so the fact that it's not working is a mystery to me. Have you got anything in /etc/hostname? If you have, and it's the old name, just delete the file and see if that resolves your problem.

[scm]

I'd have done exactly what you've done to change the hostname, so the fact that it's not working is a mystery to me. Have you got anything in /etc/hostname? If you have, and it's the old name, just delete the file and see if that resolves your problem.

[fzx5v0]

scm

yes I know. I will contact my provider and ask them why.

the only reason I want to change it permintally is that when I reboot the box and forget to manually change it my hostname is not a register domain so all my e-mail get returned

If theyt give me an answer i will post it

thanks to everybody for their sudgestions

[techie_boy]

Guys you need to edit the following files:

/etc/hosts

/etc/sysconfig/network

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 (depends on NIC name)

then reboot.

[hondaguy]

Your recipe worked -- but not until I rebooted. Restarting the network did not do it.