Bug 55746 - Hostname setting problems
Summary: Hostname setting problems
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: redhat-config-network
Version: 7.2
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Trond Eivind Glomsrxd
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2001-11-05 23:13 UTC by Alan Cox
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:38 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2002-04-03 10:22:51 UTC
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Description Alan Cox 2001-11-05 23:13:40 UTC 
Changing the hostname doesn't dynamically update the hostname in
the kernel (ie sethostname, utsname etc). A reboot is needed
Comment 1 Phil Knirsch 2001-11-06 15:34:22 UTC 
This is expected behaviour. You need to restart the networking if you change the
hostname.

Read ya, Phil
Comment 2 Alan Cox 2001-11-06 15:40:45 UTC 
Can I ask for a change then. This confused me and the person I was with. 

I've updated it to RFE - please stick up a "do you wish to restart networking"
dialog and do so if they say yes
Comment 3 Phil Knirsch 2001-11-06 15:57:15 UTC 
OK, noted as RFE. What we might actually go for is a dialog after changing the
setup which asks if a restart of the network is wanted. Only doing a hostname
change is not reasonable.

Read ya, Phil
Comment 4 Harald Hoyer 2002-04-03 10:22:47 UTC 
should be fixed in >=0.9.22
Comment 5 Jay Turner 2002-08-14 18:53:21 UTC 
Fix confirmed in the current tree.
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