How to change the hostname in Fedora 8

Depending on whether you’re using DHCP or a static IP, you may need to edit one or both of these two files: /etc/hosts and /etc/sysconfig/network. For static IP I edited both files. Once you’ve made the change, you’ll need to restart Fedora.

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5 Responses to “How to change the hostname in Fedora 8”

aasim Says:
July 22, 2008 at 7:52 pm | Reply
no need to restart even echo “NEWHOST” > /proc/sys/kernel/hostname as root.
Rakesh Guppta Says:
November 10, 2008 at 6:37 am | Reply
How do I join a workgroup or domain
x Says:
January 8, 2009 at 4:21 pm | Reply
To join a *windows* domain you need Samba.
RASHMI Says:
March 31, 2010 at 5:56 am | Reply
thanks i made changes in both the files

and its working just fine..:)
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August 24, 2011 at 12:54 am | Reply
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