[CentOS] hostname changes
Tom Brown
tom at ng23.net
Mon Jun 15 18:25:01 UTC 2009
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> How do I change the hostname?
> In particular, what is the difference between /etc/hosts and
> /etc/sysconfig/network files? Where should I make the changes?
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/etc/hosts has nothing to do with the hostname this is just a way to
resolve a name to an IP where DNS is not available or some other badness
is going on
hostname is set in /etc/sysconfig/network but if you want to change it
on the fly you can also echo it into /proc/sys/kernel/hostname
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