Re: [Hampshire] Debian Slug

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Author: Adrian Bridgett
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To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Debian Slug
On Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 21:42:10 +0100 (+0100), Sean Gibbins wrote:
> configured yet? I've done a recursive grep on /etc for dhcppc0 and
> discovered, I think, all occurrences that will need updating. It's not
> something I have done before, so is changing the hostname post-install a
> good idea or something generally to be avoided?


When I change hostname, do what you've just done - a nice little grep
:-) Off the top of my head the main files are:

- /etc/hostname
- /etc/hosts
- /etc/(whatever your mailsystem is) (and perhaps /etc/mailname)

Er, that's all I can think of. I'd then do a reboot.

Adrian
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