Hostname not showing properly?

[vksingh]

Hi,

I am using Ubuntu 9.10. I changed the hostname by editing the file:

/etc/hostname.

But, still it is showing old hostname in the prompt. I want to know which service should I restart to reflect the change in Hostname.

Thanks,

Vivek

[jswoods7]

If you don't want to restart, just run 'hostname <new hostname>'

[vksingh]

Hi,

But even then , the prompt is coming like this:

vivek@old_hostname#

I want it to be:

vivek@new_hostname#

Thanks,

Vivek

[jswoods7]

You'll need to restart your shell:


root@old-hostname:~# hostname new-hostname
root@old-hostname:~# bash
root@new-hostname:~# exit
exit
root@old-hostname:~#

[efflandt]

I made the same mistake. You forgot to also edit /etc/hosts

You probably need to log out of X and log back in, because X uses network sockets.