> Thanks Jay, this worked. I tried searching the archives but didn't find anything there. Gee, I wonder why linuxconf (which, BTW, doesn't automatically install in 7.1) couldn't make the change?! > > > A lot of people have been posting about the hostname command. Please > correct me if I am wrong, but doesn't that command only affect the current > setup with redhat? Since it keeps the hostname in a config file in > /etc/sysconfig/network (I think) it will use that every time it boots. If > you want to change it for reboots, I believe you also need to have it > changed in that script. Just changing that script will not affect your > system at that point: you could run `hostname bravo` at this point, or > reboot if you like it the M$ way. > > Jay