Help! Hostname problem!

[cooldude7273]

Invalid Hostname. (tagging.number1host.net ). Hostnames may not contains spaces or tabs.

WHM is telling me that! I am trying to change it, but it won't let me, it just keeps saying that!

Help!

[DigitalN]

Hello,

what does

# hostname

show?

If you want to make sure the hostname is set correctly, these are the commands and files you need

# hostname your.host.com

Then edit the following , to make sure they are correct.

/etc/sysconfig/network

/etc/hosts

/etc/resolv.conf

/var/named/your.dns.zone.com.db (add A record for host)

/usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf

Restart services such as mail and apache if you change the hostname.

[chirpy]

Actually, if that is properly quoted, it looks like you have a space at the end of your hostname.

[chirpy]

DigitalN,

Would you normally recommend a reboot as well? I usually tend to simply because you are changing the network characteristics of the server. Or, at leaset a restart if /etc/init.d/network?

[DigitalN]

Chirpy,
I usually wouldn't do a reboot - I find that restarting all of the services, such as /etc/init.d/exim restart && /etc/init.d/network restart && /etc/init.d/ipaliases restart && /etc/init.d/named restart && /etc/init.d/httpd graceful and logging out is enough. It won't hurt though to reboot, personal prefs. I value my uptime too much

[chirpy]

Thanks for that. I never normally recommend reboots - only for kernels and hostname changes - and I've always been wary about recommending people to restart network from within an SSH session, though I've done it enough times myself.

[cooldude7273]

Originally Posted by DigitalN

Hello,

what does

# hostname

show?

If you want to make sure the hostname is set correctly, these are the commands and files you need

# hostname your.host.com

Then edit the following , to make sure they are correct.

/etc/sysconfig/network

/etc/hosts

/etc/resolv.conf

/var/named/your.dns.zone.com.db (add A record for host)

/usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf

Restart services such as mail and apache if you change the hostname.

I don't really know how to do any of that. Sorry

[cooldude7273]

Originally Posted by chirpy

Actually, if that is properly quoted, it looks like you have a space at the end of your hostname.

It is, but it just gives me the error message when I go to change it!

[cpanelben]

Will you please submit a support ticket to my attention (Ben)?

Support Request Form

Thanks

[cooldude7273]

Originally Posted by cpanelben

Will you please submit a support ticket to my attention (Ben)?

Support Request Form

Thanks

Done!

I really need a quick fix, all my mail is bouncing back because of invalid hostnames and synatx errors!

[dezignguy]

Originally Posted by cooldude7273

I don't really know how to do any of that. Sorry

Just FYI: Paying a competent server admin to help you with things you can't deal with can help ensure that you get things working much faster...

but if you don't know how to edit simple text files, or use cli/ssh, you really shouldn't be the sole admin of a server.