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Old 02-21-2008, 10:03 AM
Stig Mogensen
 
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Default Re: /etc/hosntame->/etc/conf.d/hostname

Paul Bredbury wrote:

> Stig Mogensen wrote:
>> Upon boot, I get the kernel messages saying that etc/hostname should no
>> longer be used, and I should switch to etc/conf.d/hostname. Same goes for
>> etc/dnsdomainname and etc/conf.d/domainname.
>>
>> How is that done?.

>
> Look inside the files you just mentioned in /etc/conf.d/ - the files
> themselves contain their setup instructions.


Well....I wouldn't call it "instructions"), but now my etc/conf.d/hostname
contains HOSTNAME="tux", and etc/conf.d/domainname has
DNSDOMAIN="homenetwork".

>> Can I jst delete the /etc/hostname and /etc/dnsdomainname files, and add
>> the appropriate "tux" and "homenetwork" entries as explained in the
>> installdocs, and keep domainname in my default runlevel?.

>
> Yes. See
>

http://groups-beta.google.com/group/...0c55a03f?hl=en

Excellent...thank you.

/Stig
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