[NTLUG:Discuss] Re: Renaming a Linux host

[Robert Citek]

On Jul 23, 2005, at 9:04 PM, Leroy Tennison wrote:
> Thanks for the input.  While Googling I came across what should  
> have been obvious 'man hostname' says that the program will set the  
> hostname. Now, is that too simplistic?

Yes, for the hostname will only be changed for the current kernel  
session.  What distro are you running?

Regards,
- Robert
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