Hi, all.
A very basic question but I'm wondering if anyone could give me a definitive answer.
I recently installed CentOS 6.3 x86_64 on a Dell Poweredge 1850 (minimal desktop) & after setting the hostname during the install, when bringing up a terminal prompt, I'm still getting `localhost.localdomain` instead of the hostname I set during install (interestingly enough both parted & fdisk both show the correct hostname).
After Googling the subject somewhat, it seems to be no definitive, correct way that everybody agreed upon.
I'm away from my CentOS boxes for the morning (including the one in question) but on my Fedora 17 laptop, I notice that the given hostname is set in `/etc/sysconfig/network` but in `/etc/hosts`, it's `localhost.localdomain` & `localhost`.
If I set my errant CentOS box the same way (all the others I have are OK), will this do the trick?
Sorry for the basicness of the question but I'll be disabling the screen capabilities of the server this afternoon & putting her in situ & would like to get it right.
Any help appreciated,
Cheers,
Phil...
Am 11.10.2012 um 09:15 schrieb Phil Dobbin:
I recently installed CentOS 6.3 x86_64 on a Dell Poweredge 1850 (minimal desktop) & after setting the hostname during the install, when bringing up a terminal prompt, I'm still getting `localhost.localdomain` instead of the hostname I set during install (interestingly enough both parted & fdisk both show the correct hostname).
What is the output of
$ hostname -f
?
After Googling the subject somewhat, it seems to be no definitive, correct way that everybody agreed upon.
I'm away from my CentOS boxes for the morning (including the one in question) but on my Fedora 17 laptop, I notice that the given hostname is set in `/etc/sysconfig/network` but in `/etc/hosts`, it's `localhost.localdomain` & `localhost`.
in /etc/hosts
the non-local ip should have your hostname. the local ip should have localhost e.g.
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost 10.1.1.1 myhost.mydomain.tld
in /etc/sysconfig/network
set you hostname corresponding with the entry in /etc/hosts
and then reboot
Regards
-- LF
Leon Fauster wrote:
Am 11.10.2012 um 09:15 schrieb Phil Dobbin:
I recently installed CentOS 6.3 x86_64 on a Dell Poweredge 1850 (minimal desktop) & after setting the hostname during the install, when bringing up a terminal prompt, I'm still getting `localhost.localdomain` instead of the hostname I set during install (interestingly enough both parted & fdisk both show the correct hostname).
What is the output of
$ hostname -f
?
After Googling the subject somewhat, it seems to be no definitive, correct way that everybody agreed upon.
I'm away from my CentOS boxes for the morning (including the one in question) but on my Fedora 17 laptop, I notice that the given hostname is set in `/etc/sysconfig/network` but in `/etc/hosts`, it's `localhost.localdomain` & `localhost`.
in /etc/hosts
the non-local ip should have your hostname. the local ip should have localhost e.g.
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost 10.1.1.1 myhost.mydomain.tld
in /etc/sysconfig/network
set you hostname corresponding with the entry in /etc/hosts
and then reboot
Thanks, Leon.
Clear, concise & worked perfectly.
Cheers,
Phil...
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