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Changing host name

Changing your host name - Redhat Ent 4 & 5

Logged in as root

%cd /etc/sysconfig
%vi network

HOSTNAME=loki

When you are done, save your changes and exit vi. Next we will edit the /etc/hosts file and set the new hostname.

%vi /etc/hosts

Edit/Add the line for your host's IP with new hostname

# Do not remove the following line, or various programs
# that require network functionality will fail.
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost

192.168.1.70 loki

Save and exit.

You nee to change two files /etc/hosts and /etc/sysconfig/network to make hostname permanent.

now restart network service.

%service network restart

logout and log back in.

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