Changing Host name

Sun, 20 Jan 2002 22:09:38 -0700

Hmmm. Thats odd.

You probably now have an empty /etc/resolv.conf file. It might be that the Network Configuration GUI wiped it out, if you used it to set the host name.

Im not real familiar with the e-smith server suite, but if I read their web page correctly, it should not really be a factor in this configuration. But, like I say, I dont know much about e-smith.

Im picturing that your e-smith server is acting as a NAT gateway/firewall. If thats the case, than the /etc/resolv.conf file that is on that server should work on the "print workstation" that we have been talking about. Actualy, now that I think about it, if its a gateway at all (in other words, NAT and/or firewall should not really matter), the /etc/resolv.conf file on that server should work on your "print workstation."

One way to verify this theory is to do a:

dig www.yahoo.com

If your /etc/resolv.conf file is correct, that should come back right away, giving you a list of the IP addresses that www.yahoo.com resolve to (and if this is what happens, then Im full of smoke on this theory, and the problem is something else). If instead, you get a "connection timed out; no servers could be reached", then the issue is clearly with your /etc/resolv.conf file.

Good Luck.

Bob.

On Sun, 20 Jan 2002 21:47:55 -0700
"Tom Achtenberg" <tom@ybnormal.org> wrote:

> Thanks, this worked and I can now print.  Unfortunately now I cannot reach
> the internet with this machine.  I could before.  I'm not sure where to even
> start looking.  I connect through my network through my e-smith server.  Any
> web address I try to go to I get "www.whatever.xxx unknown host."
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert A. Klahn" <rklahn@acm.org>
> To: <plug-discuss@lists.plug.mybutt.net>
> Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 7:56 PM
> Subject: Re: Changing Host name
> 
> 
> Greetings:
> 
> In RedHat (at least 7.2), the hostname is in /etc/sysconfig/network. You
> will need a line in that file like this:
> 
> HOSTNAME=george
> 
> Replacing "george", of course, with your hostname, unless, of course, you
> name your machine after Curious George too! :) The setting in this file can
> also be edited with the "Network Configuration" GUI which is found, at least
> for those of use who use Gnome, on the Programs -> System -> Network
> Configuration menu entry, under the "DNS" (not hosts, where you might expect
> to find it) tab.
> 
> Speaking of the hosts file, its also good if you have an entry for your
> hostname in /etc/hosts. You can set this under the same Network
> Configuration GUI, or you can manualy edit /etc/hosts. I have a line like:
> 
> 127.0.0.1 localhost george
> 
> And I seem to get away with binding this name to the localhost interface. I
> would expect some programs to expect your hostname to resolve to a
> non-loopback interface, but I have not run into one yet.
> 
> BTW, the setting in /etc/sysconfig/network only affects the hostname that is
> set at boottime. If you want to change your hostname on the fly, you can do
> a:
> 
> /bin/hostname george
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Bob.
> 
> On Sun, 20 Jan 2002 19:50:43 -0700
> "Tom Achtenberg" <tom@ybnormal.org> wrote:
> 
> > I've been trying with no luck to figure out where to change the hostname
> for my RH 7.2 Linux box.  I get a bad hostname error whenever I boot when
> trying to start lpd service.  Whenever I try to print to one of my network
> printers I get a box that simply says "There was an error trying to send to
> the printer."  I used an editor to look in /bin/hostname but the only line
> there is compiled and not text.
> >
> >
> > Tom Achtenberg
> >
> > Visit my home page at http://achtenberg.com
> >
> >
> 
> 
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> 
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