Re: hostname command

lore wrote:
> 2007/4/2, Arne Brodowski <[email protected]>:
>> lore wrote:
>>> hi all,
>>> does anybody could tell me what really append when i run 'hostname
>>> myserver_name'?
>>> Because /etc/hosts and /etc/sysconfing/network don't change.
>>> Only change the name at the beginning of the command line when i do a
>> new
>>> login...
>>>
>>> thanks a lot
>>>
>>> lorenzo
>>>
>> Hi Lorenzo,
>>
>> the hostname command changes the hostname of the running system, to make
>> the change permanent you have to change the value in
>> /etc/sysconfig/network (the line with HOSTNAME=<value>).
>>
>> At boot time the script /etc/rc.sysinit reads /etc/sysconfig/network and
>> uses the hostname command to set the hostname of the system to the value
>> of the HOSTNAME variable in that file.
> 
> 
>  so, if I use 'hostname server_name', but i don't change the
> /etc/sysconfig/network file nothing happens at next restart of the
> machine...is it right?
> 
> 
> 
> best regards,
>> Arne
> 
> 
> thanks
> 
> 

correct, then the machine will keep it's old hostname.