Bug 8348

Summary:	linuxconf fails to update changes runtime.
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	tommy.svensson
Component:	linuxconf	Assignee:	Nalin Dahyabhai <nalin>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	6.1
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Hardware:	i386
OS:	Linux
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Description tommy.svensson 2000-01-10 20:41:47 UTC

Linuxconf fails to update changes runtime. After making changes I
have to reboot to get the changes. It is starting to feel like
windows ;-).

I have to admit that I only tried changeing the hostname. Maybe
the hostname can't be reset runtime ?

Comment 1 Nalin Dahyabhai 2000-01-17 17:22:59 UTC

The system hostname is one of the few things that is only set at boot-time.
Most configuration changes made with Linuxconf take effect immediately.  If you
need to make this take effect immediately, run these commands at a bash prompt:
. /etc/sysconfig/network
hostname $HOSTNAME
and then use this command to verify that your hostname has been changed:
hostname

Comment 2 Brent Fox 2002-06-05 16:20:11 UTC

Closing because we don't ship linuxconf anymore

Comment 3 Red Hat Bugzilla 2006-02-21 18:47:35 UTC

Changed to 'CLOSED' state since 'RESOLVED' has been deprecated.