changing hostname?

**forceflow501** · 01-12-2005

hello all, well i'm running slackware 10, and i want to change my hostname. right now it is, name.name.net i would like it to be my domain name, as name.name.net does not exist. any help please?

**puntmuts** · 01-12-2005

You could edit /etc/HOSTNAME and /etc/hosts as well. That are plain text files so any editor would do.

**forceflow501** · 01-12-2005

awsome. thanks alot

**netshogun** · 01-12-2005

using netconfig can also help you with this.

**Muser** · 01-13-2005

or

Code:

su
Password&#58;
hostname &#91;newhostname&#93;

**obs** · 01-20-2005

i use before "hostname", but after restart it backs my host name to default...

**puntmuts** · 01-20-2005

hostname comes with a manual page. There will be your answer.

Code:

man hostname

**joshu017** · 02-02-2005

Hi everyone

If all else fails, I had luck when I first installed Slackware 10 a while ago editing the /etc/rc.d/rc.M file ... here's the spot I'm referring to (around line 20 of my /etc/rc.d/rc.M) :

# Set the hostname.
if [ -r /etc/HOSTNAME ]; then
/bin/hostname $(cat /etc/HOSTNAME | cut -f1 -d .)
else
# fall back on this old default:
echo "darkstar.example.net" > /etc/HOSTNAME
/bin/hostname ***JUST TYPE YOUR HOSTNAME HERE***
fi

This will fix the "every reboot" problem ... but I think that creating a /etc/HOSTNAME file is still your best bet!

cheers
-Josh

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