HostName Change Not Working

[daniel figueroa]

Help Please:

I've tried everything, I know of -

1) set_parms hostname
2) edit /etc/hosts/ & /etc/rc.config.d/netconf

to get the computer name to change, but the old name keeps coming back to haunt me, aghh!

I've rebooted after the changes as well. At first after change the /etc files above, a hostname comes back with the correct name. If I reboot or use swinstall to point to a software source (cdrom in this case)it tells me it can not resolve the hostname. The hostname being the old one.

YouR help Please.
Dan

[daniel figueroa]

BTW: HPUX 10.20

[Sridhar Bhaskarla]

Dan -

Did you put the backup copy of your old netconf file in /etc/rc.config.d itself?. If so, move it to some other directory. Only one netconf file should be in there. No backups.

-Sri

[Donny Jekels]

check the following files as well.

/etc/resolv.conf
/etc/nsswitch.conf

make sure you can reolve the name properly before next reboot.

restart swagentd

[daniel figueroa]

Thanks so much. I had a file in /etc/rc.config.d/ called netconfx, which I moved and this resolved my prob.

Question: is this netconfx file created as a backup when you run set_parms hostname?

Dan

[Sridhar Bhaskarla]

Nop. It doesn't. Looks like someone might have created it as a backup.

-Sri

[Bill Hassell]

Mystery files (typically backup copies) are a common problem in the /etc/rc.config.d directory. When the system boots up, *every* file in that directory is executed. Never keep old copies of config files in this directory.