Re: How to make hostname survive boot

Ben wrote:
> Len Lawrence wrote:
>> The brain is beginning to congeal.  My Dell XPS 710 has just given up 
>> the host so over to the laptop.  In the past I have successfully 
>> changed the hostname such that it survived a reboot.  Cannot remember 
>> the prescription.  Ran "hostname canopus" as root and aliased 
>> localhost to canopus in the /etc/hosts file.
>>
>> viz:
>> x.x.x.x canopus
>> 127.0.0.1 localhost canopus
>>
>> It survives repeated logins but not a reboot.  According to what I 
>> read on the web the initialization routines read /etc/hostname at 
>> boot time.
>>
>> What else should be done?
>>
>> Len
>
> /etc/sysconfig/network to set hostname. 
> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 (your ifcfg-eth0 file name 
> may be different)  NEEDHOSTNAME=no if it doesn't stick. or the gui 
> option is mcc>network/internet>hosts definitions or drakhosts from a 
> console
>
> hope that helps
> benja
>
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Thanks benja

I managed to fix it earlier but will keep a note of your 
recommendations.  Bound to forget how the next time it comes up.  I 
shall try that on the new machine if it ever sees the network.

Cheers

Len


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