topic Re: setting hostname in Operating System - HP-UX

setting hostname

piyut_2 — Sun, 06 Mar 2005 22:24:32 GMT

i want to change hostname at-sn-billing-05.i changed at /etc/rc.config.d/netconf eith this new hostname.but when i reboot server,the new hostname came to at-sn-bi, only 8 caracters.how can i set for hostname above 8 caracter??

many thanks,

piyut

Re: setting hostname

Ranjith_5 — Sun, 06 Mar 2005 22:28:38 GMT

Hi Piyut,

Use

#set_parms hostname

Regards,
Syam

Re: setting hostname

piyut_2 — Mon, 07 Mar 2005 00:26:45 GMT

can I chaned hostname without reboot server ??

Re: setting hostname

Alex Lavrov. — Mon, 07 Mar 2005 00:27:04 GMT

Hey,
you can't set a hostname that is more than 8 characters. Also try not using charachters like "-", because there are some programs that won't work (had this problem).

Re: setting hostname

Ranjith_5 — Mon, 07 Mar 2005 00:50:30 GMT

Piyut,

Ofcourse, Reboot is required.

Regards,
Syam

Re: setting hostname

Amit Agarwal_1 — Mon, 07 Mar 2005 01:04:53 GMT

some of the configuration do not need reboot. you can reinitialize them by re-running /sbin/rc. You can do this by first finding the run level you are currently in (use 'who -r').

$ who -r
run-level 3

$ /sbin/rc 3

Re: setting hostname

Mobeen_1 — Mon, 07 Mar 2005 01:53:03 GMT

Piyut,
A reboot is absolutely required to effect a change in host name. As for the commands to do that, its already been provided in the posts prior to mine.
As per the comments before mine, try to keep your hostname to 8 names and not to have any special chars...

rgds
Mobeen

Re: setting hostname

Keith Bryson — Mon, 07 Mar 2005 02:40:51 GMT

Hi Piyut

Just to add my 5p worth, limit the hostname to 8 characters and don't forget to change /etc/hosts. If you don't, the server may have trouble booting and this will cause problems for SD (software distributor -swinstall etc.)/NFS applications.

Keith

Re: setting hostname

Keith Bryson — Mon, 07 Mar 2005 02:44:58 GMT

One other thing, you can add at-sn-billing-05 to /etc/hosts (after the new 8 character hostname) so that the server still resolves this address internally, to itself.

Keith