thx for the response,

                            i tried the hostname from cli, but it will not 
change the machines hostname. it only makes the change AFAIK, to the hostname 
listed when entering #hostname. i have yet to rgrep etc, i am caught in a 
battle with netsaint's cgi permissions. but thats another issue, and if your 
interested in that issue i can give you the low down on it.

slr

On Wednesday 26 June 2002 01:45 pm, der.hans wrote:
> Am 26. Jun, 2002 schwätzte slr so:
> > I installed SuSE 7.3 on my Sun Ultra 5, and my current issue is changing
> > my hostname without using YaST. i made the change in /etc/hosts and
> > /etc/HOSTNAME, but there seems to be another file, or other files that
> > contain the real hostname. so editing /etc/hosts or /etc/HOSTNAME have no
> > effect on the machines hostname. just a little curious as to where the
> > "Real Hostname" is located. BTW this is my first time really working with
> > SuSE, RH and MDK have been my flavors of choice.
>
> Use the hostname command to change the active hostname.
>
> rgrep for the hostname in etc. You should find that at least your MTA has
> the hostname hard-coded as well.
>
> ciao,
>
> der.hans