Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Etaoin Shrdlu <shrdlu@×××××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] hostname and domainname
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 11:57:13
Message-Id: 200702191315.35246.shrdlu@unlimitedmail.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] hostname and domainname by Astolfo Bugatti
1 On Monday 19 February 2007 12:23, Astolfo Bugatti wrote:
2
3 > for apply the changes
4 > reboot your system!!
5
6 This is not windows. The /etc/hosts trick works as soon as you finish
7 editing the file, without the need to restart anything.
8 I guess other methods would require network restart, but definitely not a
9 reboot. The only thing that needs a reboot is when you want to use a new
10 or different kernel.
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