How to set hostname on Lucid Lynx?

Question

I am installing a new Lucid Lynx server, and need to set the hostname.

I tried:

echo "squire" > /etc/hostname 
hostname -F /etc/hostname

That didn't work. anyone knows how to set the hostname?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 05 '10 at 17:27

1

I believe the appropriate method from a normal user account is

sudo hostname testbox

Which successfully sets the hostname of my Lucid Lynx box to "testbox"

answered Jul 05 '10 at 17:27

David Antaramian

Thanks: this is the first time I got an answer answered so quickly. many thanks again :) – Jul 05 '10 at 17:30

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 05 '10 at 17:42

As an asside, don't forget to add your new hostname in /etc/hosts, or else sudo (and a couple other things) will complain about unknown hosts.

Example: I changed my hostname from localhost to "tara" using sudo hostname tara, so I edited the line in /etc/hosts that was

127.0.0.1 localhost

and made it

127.0.0.1 localhost tara

(because I still wanted "localhost" to work, too)

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 05 '10 at 17:27

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Hostname -F does not work for me either. But try /etc/init.d/networking restart and ping your new hostname. Will be ok.

answered Jul 05 '10 at 17:27

raerek

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