change hostname from About This Computer

[CooGuR x4-64]

In Gnome Metacity, I clicked on About This Computer and changed the computer name value.

As a result, the change was reflected in the /etc/hostname file, however; it was not reflected in the /etc/hosts file so I had problems resolving 127.0.0.1 to my machine.

BEFORE

/etc/hostname
my-computer

/etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 my-computer
...

AFTER - ACTUAL
/etc/hostname
gamingPC

/etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 my-computer
...

AFTER - EXPECTED
/etc/hostname
gamingPC

/etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 gamingPC

[Marc Deslauriers (mdeslaur)]

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but this appears to be a "regular" (non-security) bug. I have unmarked it as a security issue since this bug does not show evidence of allowing attackers to cross privilege boundaries nor directly cause loss of data/privacy. Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find.

[Paul White (paulw2u)]

CooGuR x4-64, have you restarted your PC or any of the services associated with the hostname?

http://askubuntu.com/questions/9540/how-do-i-change-the-computer-name
http://askubuntu.com/questions/87665/how-do-i-change-the-hostname-without-a-restart

are just two links that might decide whether there is a bug here to be reported or not.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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