[Gllug] hostname on CentOS

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Thu, Nov 10, 2005 at 07:26:43PM +0000, Caparo wrote:
> Hi,
>  I have tried in vain to get CentOS 4.2 to accept a change in host.domain name 
> change from the default localhost.localdomain with the command hostname 
> guppy.agro.net
>  The change appears if you then do the command hostname but disappears after a 
> reboot.
>  Any pointers welcome

  $ grep HOSTNAME /etc/sysconfig/network
  HOSTNAME=localhost.localdomain

Change that file & you should be in business.

Regards,
Dan.
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