[SunHELP] HOW I CAN FIX NAME OF MACHINE

Warren Brennan sunhelp at sunhelp.org
Fri Mar 30 10:04:57 CST 2001


Dan,

I have noticed those files containing the hostname. Any idea what those
files are for?

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Dan Angolano [SMTP:dangolano at ONEXCHANGE.com]
> Sent:	Friday, March 30, 2001 10:18 AM
> To:	'sunhelp at sunhelp.org'
> Subject:	RE: [SunHELP] HOW I CAN FIX NAME OF MACHINE
> 
> There are also 3 host files in /etc/net/ticlts, /etc/net/ticots, and
> /etc/net/ticotsord which contain the hostname.  
>  
> dan
> 
> 	-----Original Message-----
> 	From: Low, Adam [mailto:ALow at Prioritytelecom.com]
> 	Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 6:55 AM
> 	To: 'sunhelp at sunhelp.org'
> 	Subject: RE: [SunHELP] HOW I CAN FIX NAME OF MACHINE
> 	
> 	
> 	Try this:
> 	 
> 	1. Edit /etc/hosts file an ensure correct IP address to hostname
> mapping.
> 	2. Ensure that /etc/hostname.hme0 has the desired hostname.
> 	3. Execute: uname -S hostname
> 	4. Reboot.
> 	 
> 	This works every time for me, be sure that hostname.hme0 and the
> output of uname match.
> 
> 	Adam
> 
> 		 
> 



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