Change of Hostname

gelbvonn · September 20, 2004, 5:35am

Dear All.
I will like to know beside the following command

"hostname hostname"

what other command that can change the hostname of the Unix.
Thanks.

hassan2 · September 20, 2004, 6:17am

if you change hostname by using the hostname command changes will be lost when machine is rebooted to change hostname without losing configuration edit the following files

/etc/nodename
/etc/hosts
/etc/hostname.hme0 ( if interface is hme card /etc/hostname.ce0 if interface ce card

Perderabo · September 20, 2004, 1:09pm

hassan2, that response is very specific to SunOS. And even there you missed:
/etc/net/ticlts/hosts
/etc/net/ticots/hosts
/etc/net/ticotsord/hosts

gelbvonn, this the problem with your question. We need to know the specific OS you are using.

gelbvonn · September 20, 2004, 9:24pm

oops.. sorry I missed the OS out.. I am working on HP-UX version 11.0
Thanks again for the quick response.

Perderabo · September 20, 2004, 10:12pm

HP has a script to change the hostname. Run the command:
/etc/set_parms hostname
and follow the instructions. And "hostname" is a literal, not the intended hostname. Don't use "/etc/set_parms fred" if you want to set your hostname to fred.