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... -- currently (ab)using CentOS 6.3, Debian Squeeze, Fedora Beefy, OS X Snow Leopard, Ubuntu Precise -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 661 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20121011/9a20ca5c/attachment-0005.sig>