[SGVLUG] stupid newbie questions

[K. Zachary Abbott]

Thanks Michael - I think that was just what I needed.

I don't care about the GUI; I was simply stating that as a Windows 
admin, I knew how to do this on a Windows box, and the change in the one 
spot changes everything else.

So, anyway, changing the /etc/sysconfig/network file seemed to do the trick.

Thanks!

Zachary


Michael Proctor-Smith wrote:
> On 5/25/06, K. Zachary Abbott <kzabbott at mypcbiz.com> wrote:
>> Is there an easy way to rename a Linux (specifically Red Hat Enterprise
>> 4WS) box?
>>
>> In windows, I would right-click "my computer", select the Name tab and
>> change the name....
>>
>> How do I do this in RHE?
>
> Well that question is more complicted then you think do you mean the 
> hostname?
>
> I am hesitant to answer sense someone else may know how to do it with
> a gui tool, I don't.
> If you meant the hostname you chage the file /etc/sysconfig/network
> hostname=newhostname
> add the name to /etc/hosts on the first line 127.0.0.1 newhostname 
> localhost.
>
> But again I don't know it that is what you want to change.
>
>
>

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