[NTLUG:Discuss] Re: Renaming a Linux host -[OT]

[Leroy Tennison]

Richard Geoffrion wrote:

> All this fuss!!  Just go tape some masking tape to the server and 
> write the new name with a black sharpie.
>
> VOILA!  it's done!  And the best part is...you don't even have to lose 
> your uptime!
>
> IF...you have a KVM, you might want to rename it in the menus there.
>
> If anyone claims to see the old name.. just deny it and point to the 
> masking tape with the new name.  It works for political figures -- 
> it'll work for you.
>
> Some people use duct tape for everything, other people use those 
> fancy-shmancy label makers.  Me?  Masking tape works for me.  I have 
> been known to use clear scotch -or- packing tape in dire cases of 
> emergency.

You must work where I do....