Re: [aclug-L] basic question about hostname

["Clint A. Brubakken" <cabrubak@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I take your not on a network, Sendmail  tries to access the net when it
starts depending on your options, and i think changing your hostname
confused it so It thinks your on the net, its done once it times out. 

I think there is a way to change that with send mail , but someone who
know more then I woud have to tell you  

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On Fri, 30 Apr 1999, Sanjay Dhar wrote:

> This may seem like a very simple question. But here goes...
> 
> I dual boot between Windoze 98 and RH 5.2 and it is a stand alone machine.
> I did change the hostname using the command "hostname foo" which takes
> care of changing the hostname from the default(localhost.localdomain) to
> foo. However, the next time I reboot, I get back my default hostname. I
> did edit the /etc/HOSTNAME and /etc/hosts file to put in the hostname that
> I wanted, but it didn't seem to have any effect. After some researching
> around, what I did was, I edited the /etc/sysconfig/network file and
> changed
> HOSTNAME=localhost.localdomain to
> HOSTNAME=foo
> 
> This fixed the problem, however, when I boot the system, all the services
> start normally(at, cron, gpm,... you know what I mean) except sendmail
> which takes an awfully long time to start. Any ideas on what I'm doing
> wrong??
> 
> TIA
> Sanjay
> 
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