SuSE 7.3 sparc64

[George Toft]

Look in /etc/rc.config - you should use YaST to edit this file.

George


slr wrote:
> 
> 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
> 
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