hostname / domainname getting reset after reboot

[Gilbert_7]

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

[Chakravarthi]

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

[H.Merijn Brand (procura]

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

[Thayanidhi]

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

[U.SivaKumar_2]

Hi,

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


regards,
U.SivaKumar

[Gilbert_7]

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

Pls. feel free to give additional feedback.

[T G Manikandan]

This document should help u

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