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: | Daryl Storey           |

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Do
1) edit /etc/hosts - change the hostname of  your machine.
2) echo <the-new-hostname>  > /etc/hostname.le0
3) echo <the-new-hostname> > /etc/nodename

( i assume you just have one ethernet card )
Alex

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Good luck!
Gottfried

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Also edit /etc/net/ticlts/hosts, /etc/net/ticots/hosts and
/etc/net/ticotsord/hosts to reflect your new hostname.

: : I need a bit of help.  I have a SPARC 10 running Solaris 2.3.  I want to
: : change the hostname, without having to reinstall the OS.  Can anyone
: : suggest how I might go about doing this?  The IP address is correcct, just
: : not the hostname.
:
: Do
: 1) edit /etc/hosts - change the hostname of  your machine.
: 2) echo <the-new-hostname>  > /etc/hostname.le0
: 3) echo <the-new-hostname> > /etc/nodename

: ( i assume you just have one ethernet card )
: Alex

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