topic Re: hostname / domainname getting reset after reboot in Operating System - HP-UX

hostname / domainname getting reset after reboot

Gilbert_7 — Thu, 23 Jan 2003 06:03:40 GMT

Hi,
I'm not really a server administrator so pls. bear with me if this sounds silly.

(I also can't the forum for tru64 but perhaps someone here knows the answer.)

Background (Tru64 Unix v5.1a):
Server has been assigned a hostname w/ no domain name. We changed the hostname and domainname but after a reboot, they keep going back to original values.

hostname (changed by changing /etc/hosts and admin did something in the GUI admin screen, I'm not sure)

domainname (changed using domainname command)

What am I doing wrong?

THANKS!

Bert

Re: hostname / domainname getting reset after reboot

Chakravarthi — Thu, 23 Jan 2003 07:13:04 GMT

is this domain name is for NIS or DNS,
for nis you can have a permanent entry in /etc/netnfsrc
and for DNS in /etc/resolv.conf

Re: hostname / domainname getting reset after reboot

H.Merijn Brand (procura — Thu, 23 Jan 2003 07:41:31 GMT

The default values are stored in /etc/rc.config.d/netconf these are the values that are used at reboot

Re: hostname / domainname getting reset after reboot

Thayanidhi — Thu, 23 Jan 2003 09:06:03 GMT

in HP-UX

#set_parms initial

command let you go through all the initial networking parameters, such as name IP,mask, DNS..etc and set. In true64, not sure!!

TT

Re: hostname / domainname getting reset after reboot

U.SivaKumar_2 — Thu, 23 Jan 2003 09:13:57 GMT

Hi,

Have a look at /etc/rc.config file.

regards,
U.SivaKumar

Re: hostname / domainname getting reset after reboot

Gilbert_7 — Fri, 24 Jan 2003 07:32:38 GMT

Thanks for all the feedback!...
I'll try things and rate the answers maybe next week.

Pls. feel free to give additional feedback.

Re: hostname / domainname getting reset after reboot

T G Manikandan — Fri, 24 Jan 2003 08:00:05 GMT

This document should help u

http://www.tru64unix.compaq.com/docs/best_practices/HOSTNAME/hostname_bp.pdf