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DNSOnly: How to change hostname ?

Discussion in 'Bind / DNS / Nameserver Issues' started by Astral God, Oct 5, 2012.

  1. Astral God

    Astral God Well-Known Member

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    Hi.

    In "normal" WHM we can do it trough Home >> Networking Setup >> Change Hostname, but what about DNSOnly ?

    Also, when i run "yum update" on my DNSOnly server, i have 126 packages on update list. Is this normal that DNSOnly doesn't auto-update these packages (like bind, openssh, etc.) ?

    Thanks.
     
    #1 Astral God, Oct 5, 2012
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    You can update.

    /etc/sysconfig/network file..[depends on the operating system though]

    It contains hostname field.
     
    #2 pwhjenny, Oct 5, 2012
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    Hello :)

    You can update the hostname with the following command:

    Code:
    # hostname new.server.name
    Simply replace "new.server.name" with the name of the hostname you want to use.

    Thank you.
     
    #3 cPanelMichael, Oct 5, 2012
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    Thanks, i've do it (hostname new.server.name) rebooted, but old hostname is always there !

    And what about:

    ?
     
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    Is this a VPS server? If so, you will need to contact your VPS hosting provider to ensure they configure the new hostname from the VPS hardware node.

    You can determine if packages are updated automatically by viewing the following file:

    Code:
    # /etc/cpupdate.conf
    Check the "SYSUP" value in the above file to ensure it's set to "daily" if you want automatic package updates to occur during the daily cPanel update cron job.

    Thank you.
     
    #5 cPanelMichael, Oct 5, 2012
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    Yes it is a VPS, i'll contact my provider for this.

    For "SYSUP", it is already on daily ...
     
    #6 Astral God, Oct 5, 2012
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    Feel free to submit a ticket and we can take a closer look:

    Submit A Ticket

    Thank you.
     
    #7 cPanelMichael, Oct 5, 2012
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    Ticket 3246735 submitted.

    Thanks.
     
    #8 Astral God, Oct 5, 2012
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    In that ticket, it appears we had to manually modify /etc/sysconfig/network file instead. Please also ensure /etc/hosts was revised in the process, since modifying /etc/sysconfig/network doesn't automatically populate /etc/hosts file. I don't see that having been noted as performed in the ticket.

    As for the yum issue, it appears that it was able to update after the hostname was revised. Automatic updates didn't occur due to the fact that yum-updatesd not being installed. The following forum thread was noted in the ticket to discuss that specific issue:

    how to make 'yum update' on CentOS recurring and automatic?
     
    #9 cPanelTristan, Oct 5, 2012
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