Changing the hostname.

[tvlad]

I modified /etc/sysconfig/network to change my hostname.It works, but when i start kde, just before entering graphic mode it tells me : host name lookup failure.

 

So, what other files shoud i modify,in order to get rid of that warning.

[aru]

did you edit your /etc/host to reflect your new hostname? Otherwise the apps wont identify your ip with your hostname:

 

ie, lets supose that your new hostname is foo.bar.com its LAN IP is 192.168.0.1, then your /etc/hosts should look like:

127.0.0.1       localhost.localdomain   localhost

192.168.0.1     foo.bar.com       foo

 

If you don't have a LAN IP, this will work:

127.0.0.1     localhost.localdomain   localhost

127.0.0.1     foo.bar.com       foo

 

ofcourse run: service network restart

 

HTH

[tvlad]

The thought did cross my mind, but when i checked /etc/hosts it only had this line : 127.0.0.1 localhost

 

So i thought that if i didn't find a line with my ip address and the hostname, i shouldn't have to add one. :D

[Guest Daniel]

you should vi /etc/hosts

 

add the ip and your hostname

in the file.

[tvlad]

Ofcourse, i just wanted to say that i did think of that, but at that time i thought it wasn't neccesary.