RE: ticlts, ticots, ticotsord ...

From: Heather Flanagan (HeathFla@reciprocal.com)
Date: 08/06/01


Message-ID: <C4E826E59C02D311985B00500463D90BDA925E@SNS2XCH>
From: Heather Flanagan <HeathFla@reciprocal.com>
To: "'focus-sun@securityfocus.com'" <focus-sun@securityfocus.com>
Subject: RE: ticlts, ticots, ticotsord ...
Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2001 16:14:52 -0400 


> >
> > These files should contain the *current* hostname of your machines.
> > Whoever changed their hostnames didn't quite know what to do...
> >
> > Make sure they contain the current info, and you should be allright.
>
> I'm encountering this, myself. Thing is, I'm using the same
> procedure to change the hostname that I used with my Solaris
> 2.6 boxes - this new one is Solaris 8. Procedure is/was:
> hostname [new name]
> vi /etc/inet/hosts
>
> This however doesn't change the hostname in those /etc/net
> files. Has the procedure changed?

Found the FAQ - never heard of the sys-unconfig command. Learn something
new every day!

http://sunsolve.sun.com/private-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=faqs%2F2968&zone_32=chan
ge%2A%20hostname%2A%20



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