Re: Changing Hostname

[Aaron Konstam <akonstam trinity edu>]

On Wed, Apr 14, 2004 at 02:28:53PM -0700, Clifford Snow wrote:
> I'm attempting to change the hostname of my box.  I used the following
> steps to change the hostname:
> 1.  Edited /etc/sysconfig/network to change the
> HOSTNAME=newname.example.com
> 2.  Edited /etc/hosts to 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
> newname 
> 3. Ran /bin/hostname newname
> 
> I seem to be missing something because opening a web browser just
> hangs.  What other places need to be changed to change the hostname?
> 
> Thanks,
> -- 
> Clifford Snow
httpd.conf  also contains the hostname.

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