topic Changing hostname in Operating System - HP-UX

Changing hostname

Domenico Viggiani — Mon, 08 Jul 2002 13:28:54 GMT

Does changing hostname require reboot?
According to my attempts, it seems that some daemons (like NFS) don't like 'hostname -S'.

Re: Changing hostname

Sandip Ghosh — Mon, 08 Jul 2002 13:33:26 GMT

You can do it through SAM. It does not require any reboot. You can do a net (stop/start) after changing the host name.

Sandip

Re: Changing hostname

S.K. Chan — Mon, 08 Jul 2002 13:33:52 GMT

Using "set_parms" to change the hostname (which is the recommended) way requires a reboot after the appropriate systems files have been updated with the new hostname.

# /sbin/set_parms hostname

So to answer you question, yes a reboot is require.

Re: Changing hostname

MANOJ SRIVASTAVA — Mon, 08 Jul 2002 13:34:03 GMT

Hi

Yes it does require a reboot ,

set_parms hostname is the command to change it.

Manoj Srivastava

Re: Changing hostname

Christopher McCray_1 — Mon, 08 Jul 2002 13:34:12 GMT

Hello,

Doing it the easy way does require a reboot

# set_parms hostname

I'm sure there is another way that reqiures more work

BTW -- I know of no arguments for the hostname command. You may have changed you hostname to -S

Hope this helps

Chris

Re: Changing hostname

James R. Ferguson — Mon, 08 Jul 2002 13:34:18 GMT

Hi:

Probably the easist way to change the hostname is to run 'sbin/set_parms hostname'. A reboot is required and a variety of daemons will restart with the altered name. Be wary of any application software which is sensitive to 'hostname'. Be aware too, if you have any DNS servers with the hostname you are changing. Two key configuration files where the hostname is recorded are '/etc/hosts' and '/etc/rc.config.d/netconf'.

Regards!

...JRF...
Regards!

...JRF...

Re: Changing hostname

Michael Elleby III_1 — Mon, 08 Jul 2002 13:38:35 GMT

Scott-

Yes it does, after you issue the set_parms hostname command to change it, you will be prompted to reboot your system.

Mike Elleby