Unix, change the name of the computer?

Look at the man page for hostname

Also, the /etc/hosts file maps your hostname to your ip. To if your localhost is foo then foo would be your computers network name...

# cat /etc/hosts::1                     localhost.andreib.com localhost127.0.0.1               localhost.andreib.com localhost192.168.0.2             zig.andreib.com zig192.168.0.2             zig.andreib.com.

So check out the manpage for /etc/hosts also.

When I first entered 'hostname' it showed:
unknown

So I then set the hostname like so:
hostname myunix

But when I restart the server, the hostname reverts back to unknown.

Also after setting the hostname I called 'cat hosts' it showed:
127.0.0.1 localhost
192.168.0.194 unknown # Added by DHCP

I'm a little bit confused on what exactly to do.

Thanks alot

In order for the hostname you want to be set on bootup, you need to change it in the /etc/hosts file. Also use the hostname command so you don't have to wait for a reboot for your new hostname to take effect. In short, use both (change /etc/hosts and use the hostname command), and it'll work how I think you're expecting it to.

Perhaps Solaris differs from Gentoo Linux in this regard, but I understood that /etc/hosts is only used for host lookup, not to find your hostname upon boot.

I have to set /etc/conf.d/hostname (other Linux distros use other files, so I wouldn't be surprised if Solaris used something different).

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Original post by johnnyBravo When I first entered 'hostname' it showed: unknown So I then set the hostname like so: hostname myunix But when I restart the server, the hostname reverts back to unknown. Also after setting the hostname I called 'cat hosts' it showed: 127.0.0.1 localhost 192.168.0.194 unknown # Added by DHCP I'm a little bit confused on what exactly to do. Thanks alot

Edit /etc/hosts and change unknown to myunix. Run hostname myunix as root and you're set.

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Original post by Nathan Baum Perhaps Solaris differs from Gentoo Linux in this regard, but I understood that /etc/hosts is only used for host lookup, not to find your hostname upon boot. I have to set /etc/conf.d/hostname (other Linux distros use other files, so I wouldn't be surprised if Solaris used something different).

Yeah solaris doesn't have a etc/conf.d

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Edit /etc/hosts and change unknown to myunix. Run hostname myunix as root and you're set.

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The hosts file is read only. Maybe it has something to do with me selecting DHCP in the installation?

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Original post by johnnyBravo The hosts file is read only. Maybe it has something to do with me selecting DHCP in the installation?

You have to modify /etc/hosts as root! ;)

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Original post by Deniz Quote: Original post by johnnyBravo The hosts file is read only. Maybe it has something to do with me selecting DHCP in the installation? You have to modify /etc/hosts as root! ;)

I'm logged in as root.
To edit it I used "vi /etc/hosts"

but when i goto save it, it gives me a read only message.

Thanks

Try a
> chmod u+w /etc/hosts
as root to set the file write-able for the owner. It probably has the write flag not set. (The syntax is valid for linux; don't know whether it is also valid for solaris, but I assume it to be.)

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Original post by haegarr Try a > chmod u+w /etc/hosts as root to set the file write-able for the owner. It probably has the write flag not set. (The syntax is valid for linux; don't know whether it is also valid for solaris, but I assume it to be.)

Ah I was able to edit after setting the write flag, but after I restarted the machine, the hosts file had reverted it back to 'unknown'.

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Original post by Anonymous Poster In Solaris you normally create a /etc/nodename with the name of the hostname and edit /etc/rcS.d/S30network.sh from

I found the /etc/rcS.d/ folder, but nothing resembling 'S30network.sh'.

Thanks.

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Original post by Anonymous Poster Try creating it and see if it helps? ;)

Oh sorry :), some how I missed the 'create' part of the message.

It works fine now, thanks alot.