On 13/12/2006 21:38, "Walter Faleiro" <curtorkar at gmail.com> wrote:
> Folks,
> I have an application that runs tied with hostid of the system. Recently
> reformatting the drive changed the hostid to 7f0100.
>> Is there anyway I can change the hostid in 7.2?
Sure, why not. Assuming you mean the hostname that is :
Edit /etc/sysconfig/network
Change the hostname in there
In addition, you should change the name in /etc/hosts
Reboot to test and bobs you cross dressing auntie.
> I tried a few posts but unlike FreeBSD and Solaris there seems to be little
> hope for me.
Dead easy my friend, dead easy.
> --Walter
Regards
Conor.
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