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  1. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
  2. <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
  3. "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
  4. <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
  5. %general-entities;
  6. ]>
  7. <sect1 id="ch-scripts-hostname">
  8. <?dbhtml filename="hostname.html"?>
  9. <title>Configuring the localnet Script</title>
  10. <indexterm zone="ch-scripts-hostname">
  11. <primary sortas="d-localnet">localnet</primary>
  12. <secondary>configuring</secondary>
  13. </indexterm>
  14. <para>Part of the job of the <command>localnet</command> script is setting the
  15. system's hostname. This needs to be configured in the
  16. <filename>/etc/sysconfig/network</filename> file.</para>
  17. <para>Create the <filename>/etc/sysconfig/network</filename> file and enter a
  18. hostname by running:</para>
  19. <screen><userinput>echo "HOSTNAME=<replaceable>&lt;lfs&gt;</replaceable>" &gt; /etc/sysconfig/network</userinput></screen>
  20. <para><replaceable>&lt;lfs&gt;</replaceable> needs to be replaced with the name given
  21. to the computer. Do not enter the Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) here. That
  22. information will be put in the <filename>/etc/hosts</filename> file in the next
  23. section.</para>
  24. </sect1>