[PLUG] changes hostname

Ed Sawicki ed at alcpress.com
Tue Jul 22 06:21:02 UTC 2003


On Mon, 2003-07-21 at 19:31, Billy Dimaculangan wrote:
> i have here a linux server and i've changed its hostname, do i realy need to
> reboot it for the changes to take effect?

No. You may have to restart applications and daemons that
rely on the hostname being correct though. For example, if
your shell prompts display the hostname, it may
continue to display the old hostname until you reload the
shell by, say, logging out and back in. There may be
references to the old hostname in configuration or data
files such as the SSH known_hosts file.

Don't forget any DNS implications of the change.

Ed



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