RE: [CentOS] Changing hostname?

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I'm curious - I have a local 192.168.x.x subnet inside my firewall that I would like to give a name other than just "localdomain." Does it matter what I use, or are their words/pieces I should avoid? This is strictly for my internal subnet, not visible to the outside world at all.

Thanks.

mhr

Mhr,

If what you are asking is can you setup an internal dns name to IP address and IP address to name resolution and call it what you want...

yes you can

You can call it whatever you want.

Just do not use names that are "resolvable" in public IP address space or that would get you in trouble with the law for whatever reason.

I also suggest that you read up on the mechanics of having machines you control that do both public and private dns

- rh