hostname change in Leopard

stefmit · 11-05-2007, 07:16 PM

~subj?!?

Have tried:

<original_hostname>$ sudo hostname <new_name>.<my_domain>.<my_dom_suffix>

which changes it for a terminal session or bash reload, but this is not persistent across reboots. Any ideas?

stefmit · 11-05-2007, 08:25 PM

$sudo vi /etc/hostconfig

HOSTNAME=my.host.name
or
HOSTNAME=-my.host.name-
or
HOSTNAME="my.host.name"

did not help, either.

hayne · 11-05-2007, 09:08 PM

You are going to have to give us more details.
Don't just tell us that something "did not help" - instead tell us (or better, show us via copy & paste) what you are doing to test the hostname change, what you expect, and what results you get.
E.g. are you saying that the /etc/host line reverts to its previous value - or that it seems to be being ignored?
I recall a thread on these forums that discussed this sort of issue a while back (probably a year or more) and pointed to the script under /System/Library/StartupItems that handled the hostname setting. I'm guessing that Leopard has done away with StartupItems in favour of launchd scripts.

Las_Vegas · 11-05-2007, 09:42 PM

Have you tried changing your hostname in the Sharing preference pane?

stefmit · 11-05-2007, 09:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Las_Vegas


	Have you tried changing your hostname in the Sharing preference pane?

That was it! Thank you! Can't believe how simple a solution this was - I probably got used to be sitting at the terminal, that I forgot there is a GUI for many things. Interestingly enough, I grep-ed all the obvious places for this (e.g. /etc) and could not find the hostname ...

Thanks again!

drenalin · 08-07-2008, 12:56 AM

I found that I needed to edit

/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist

and change the hostname setting there...finally fixed it after I updated that file.

11-05-2007, 07:16 PM	#1
stefmit Triple-A Player Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 88	hostname change in Leopard ~subj?!? Have tried: <original_hostname>$ sudo hostname <new_name>.<my_domain>.<my_dom_suffix> which changes it for a terminal session or bash reload, but this is not persistent across reboots. Any ideas?

11-05-2007, 09:08 PM	#3
hayne Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Montreal Posts: 29,276	You are going to have to give us more details. Don't just tell us that something "did not help" - instead tell us (or better, show us via copy & paste) what you are doing to test the hostname change, what you expect, and what results you get. E.g. are you saying that the /etc/host line reverts to its previous value - or that it seems to be being ignored? I recall a thread on these forums that discussed this sort of issue a while back (probably a year or more) and pointed to the script under /System/Library/StartupItems that handled the hostname setting. I'm guessing that Leopard has done away with StartupItems in favour of launchd scripts. __________________ hayne.net/macosx.html

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11-05-2007, 08:25 PM	#2
stefmit Triple-A Player Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 88	$sudo vi /etc/hostconfig HOSTNAME=my.host.name or HOSTNAME=-my.host.name- or HOSTNAME="my.host.name" did not help, either.

08-07-2008, 12:56 AM	#6
drenalin Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1	I found that I needed to edit /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist and change the hostname setting there...finally fixed it after I updated that file.