Won't take hostname

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RobTheAdmin
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Re: Won't take hostname

Post by RobTheAdmin » 2009/02/24 17:26:26

[quote]
AlanJBartlett wrote:
A [b]man hostname[/b] command will tell you all you need to know.

[b]Rob[/b] is quite correct (if he wasn't, he wouldn't deserve the [i]TheAdmin[/i] epithet :-D ), the [b]/etc/sysconfig/network[/b] file is the place that your [i]hostname[/i] should be defined.[/quote]

Haha, well, I wouldn't say I *deserve* TheAdmin epithet. I'm a true Linux newb, yet I am The Admin at my company, which is why I chose this username. Always verify what I say, I could be exceptionally wrong!

DennyCrane
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Re: Won't take hostname

Post by DennyCrane » 2009/02/24 17:34:26

Ugh ... I'm pretty new at this server administration thing. How might I be able to determine what file is being executed that changes the /etc/hosts file?

gerald_clark
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Re: Won't take hostname

Post by gerald_clark » 2009/02/24 17:50:26

Talk to your VPS provider.
When your virtual machine is booted, your network is probably reconfigured by the virtual manager.

DennyCrane
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Re: Won't take hostname

Post by DennyCrane » 2009/02/26 04:39:11

Our host actually contacted us to mention that they accidentally used an old corrupted image for the VPS or something. Go figure. They finished re-doing the thing today. Thanks for the replies -- I appreciate your time.

Nate

gerald_clark
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Re: Won't take hostname

Post by gerald_clark » 2009/02/26 15:19:40

You are welcome.

rroopstr
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Re: Won't take hostname

Post by rroopstr » 2016/04/29 04:03:11

Happy New Year 2016 to all of you!!!!
7 years later, I am going through the same issue. I uninstalled control panel and am telling my ISP to fix the hostname and local host. My use of # sudo vim /etc/sysconfig/network and # sudo vim /etc/hosts was exactly as frustrating as yours.

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