Changing system name in network

[Yang Xiao]

On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 10:49:49 -0400, Gordon Keehn
<gordonkeehn at netzero.net> wrote:
> Hi, Guys
>    Unforeseen (and unfortunate) circumstances led me to the point where
> I had to change the system name of one of the PCs (Win2K), with several
> shared resources, on my home LAN.  While the Win box was down, I changed
> the appropriate entries in /etc/fstab in my FC2 box to reference the new
> host name.  However, after rebooting both systems, the Fedora Core box
> still appears to be mounting the shares under the old system ID.  I have
> two sets of icons on my KDE desktop:  one with the old system name,
> identified as mounted, and the other with the new system name.  I can't
> dismount the old shares (which don't really exist?) and can't mount the
> new ones.
>    How do I convince Fedora that the old system name no longer exists,
> and it's OK to let go of the shares under the old name?
>    Thanks,
> Gordon Keehn
> 

what's your fstab file look like? did you change the system IP as
well? or just the host name?

Yang