lfs-book/chapter07/hostname.xml

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<sect1 id="ch-scripts-hostname">
<title>Configuring the localnet Script</title>
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<indexterm zone="ch-scripts-hostname">
<primary sortas="d-localnet">localnet</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>[lfs]</replaceable>" &gt; /etc/sysconfig/network</userinput></screen>

<para><replaceable>[lfs]</replaceable> needs to be replaced with the name given
to the computer. Do not enter the Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) here. That
information will be put in the <filename>/etc/hosts</filename> file in the next
section.</para>

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