How do i change the hostname of my box

[OnlyElite]

I installed red hat linux 7.0 and when i logg into gnome the prompt read "log into localhot.localdomain" and it's very annoying. is there anyway to change my hostname to something more interesting.

thanx

[Ryeker]

You can set the hostname easily with linuxconf. You can also modify /etc/hosts and change your host name there.

[OnlyElite]

I tried both and when I edit the host file it gave me an error everytime I start gnome.
Does anyone have any other solutions.

-=OnlyElite=-

[OnlyElite]

I tried both and when I edit the host file it gave me an error everytime I start gnome.
Does anyone have any other solutions.

-=OnlyElite=-

[The King Ant]

Make sure that you leave the line "127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain" in your /etc/hosts file

[X_console]

First, change /etc/HOSTNAME then /etc/hosts. Let's say you want to change your hostname to plantlife.com Then your /etc/hosts would look like this:

127.0.0.1 plantlife.com plantlife

And in your /etc/HOSTNAME:

plantlife.com

Now type as root, "hostname -F /etc/HOSTNAME"
That's it.