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On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 11:13 PM, Luke Teyssier <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Dear Arnav,

Please consider investing in a good Linux System administration book.

Regards

From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Arnav Kalra
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2012 10:42 AM
To: Tam Nguyen
Cc: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: How do i change hostname?

ok. i will edit the file now.

Regards,
Arnav Kalra
104, Sector 14
Karnal - 132001
Mobile - +91 9896961018
Home - +91 184 4030104

On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 11:11 PM, Tam Nguyen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Which instruction did you follow?

To permanently change your hostname that will survive the reboot, you will have to edit the file /etc/sysconfig/network.

the command:

$ hostname lappy

is just a temporary change.

On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 1:36 PM, Arnav Kalra <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Yahoo. It has changed. When i reboot will i get the hostname as lappy or that dhcppc stuff?

Regards,
Arnav Kalra
104, Sector 14
Karnal - 132001
Mobile - +91 9896961018
Home - +91 184 4030104

On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 11:04 PM, Tam Nguyen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

If you don't want to reboot your computer, then become root and type this:

[arnav@dhcppc1 ~]$ hostname lappy

then exit your terminal and open a new terminal.

The actual file to change your hostname is:

[arnav@dhcppc1 ~]$ vi /etc/sysconfig/network

If you edited file /etc/sysconfig/network, then you need to reboot your computer.