Bug 110225 - Hostname can not be changed from "localhost"
Summary: Hostname can not be changed from "localhost"
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
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Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: coreutils
Version: 1
Hardware: athlon
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Tim Waugh
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Reported: 2003-11-17 09:56 UTC by Jules Colding
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:10 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2003-11-17 14:31:05 UTC
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Description Jules Colding 2003-11-17 09:56:40 UTC 
Description of problem:
It is not possible to change the hostname across reboots using the
"hostname" utility 


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
coreutils-5.0-24

How reproducible:
Everytime

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Add <NAME> to /etc/hosts
2. Do "hostname <NAME>" in a terminal as root
3. Reboot
4. Observe that the hostname has regressed to "localhost"
  
Actual results:
Hostname has regressed to "localhost"

Expected results:
The hostname should be <NAME>

Additional info:
Comment 1 Tim Waugh 2003-11-17 14:31:05 UTC 
That's not what hostname(1) is for.  Use redhat-config-network.
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