[Gllug] Changing hostname without rebooting

[Daniel Andersson]

maybe restart syslogd? or sshd?

/ d

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Neil Fryer" <neil.fryer at 12snap.com>
To: "Gllug (E-mail)" <gllug at linux.co.uk>
Cc: "Glug (E-mail)" <glug at linux.org.za>
Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 12:24 PM
Subject: [Gllug] Changing hostname without rebooting


> Hi All,
>
> I need to change the hostname on a server RH7.3, without rebooting the
box,
> not I have done:
>
> hostname -v LHR-UK-B-WALKERS-APP
>
> And edited /etc/sysconfig/network
>
> And then /etc/rc.d/init.d/network restart
>
> BUt the hostname has not changed in all places, for instance,
> /var/log/secure still shows the old hostname, how the hell do I get around
> this?
>
> Thanks
>
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