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Changing the server name

I changed the name of the hosts in /etc/hosts to IP.GOES.HERE newname Apache does recognize the new server name; but still, via ssh i get this on the ssh prompt: [root@oldname] Why? Where else ...
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Creating alias to domain name with /etc/hosts

I have a domain setup to point to my LAN's external IP using dynamic DNS, because my external IP address changes frequently. However, I want to create an alias to this host, so I can access it with ...
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why is FQDN using external IP address

When postfix connects to the FQDN dur.bounceme.net it uses the external IP address: root@dur:~# root@dur:~# tail /var/log/mail.log Aug 28 04:39:45 dur postfix/master[6667]: terminating on signal 15 ...
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Hosts file on server with dynamic DNS?

I am setting up a RHEL-based server that is associated with dynamic DNS from DynDNS, with a domain of, say, "abc.dyndns.org" that is dynamically updated with the server's IP address. I have read that ...