lfs-book/chapter07/hostname.xml

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<sect1 id="ch-scripts-hostname">
  <?dbhtml filename="hostname.html"?>

  <title>Configuring the system hostname</title>

  <indexterm zone="ch-scripts-hostname">
    <primary sortas="d-hostname">hostname</primary>
    <secondary>configuring</secondary>
  </indexterm>

  <para>Part of the job of the <command>localnet</command> script is setting the
  system's hostname. This needs to be configured in the
  <filename>/etc/sysconfig/network</filename> file.</para>

  <para>Create the <filename>/etc/sysconfig/network</filename> file and enter a
  hostname by running:</para>

<screen><userinput>echo "HOSTNAME=<replaceable>&lt;lfs&gt;</replaceable>" &gt; /etc/sysconfig/network</userinput></screen>

  <para><replaceable>&lt;lfs&gt;</replaceable> needs to be replaced with the name given
  to the computer. Do not enter the Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) here. That
  information is put in the <filename>/etc/hosts</filename> file.</para>

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