[Gllug] Re: [GLUG] Changing hostname without rebooting

[Stefan Lesicnik]

maybe its a variable?
try echo $HOSTNAME




On Mon, 2003-05-19 at 13:24, Neil Fryer wrote:
> 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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