On 11/03/2015 02:57 AM, Valeri Galtsev wrote: > On Mon, November 2, 2015 11:43 am, Mike - st257 wrote: >> On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 7:40 AM, Ramaseshan S <ramaseshan at fractalio.com> >> wrote: >> >>> I have been playing around with customizing the centos to create a spin >>> for >>> my workplace. >>> I am using centos 6.6 minimal, and trying to change the centos name to >>> some >>> random string. >>> I have been able to change the name in the grub using grub.conf, but the >>> name while the system is booting, I am not able to find a reference to >>> that. >>> Can somebody help me with that ? >>> >> This can be found via a search engine. >> http://www.rackspace.com/knowledge_center/article/centos-hostname-change >> > This way one changes hostname reported by > > hostname Actually, now you should use: hostnamectl set-hostname fqdn > > command (which usually though not necessarily is what the machine is > registered on network with). My impression was the OP (original poster) > wishes the system claim to be different from (CentOS) as he makes hist own > tweaked distribution disk (or whatever the reason is). This last (CentOS, > RedHat Enterprise, Debian,...) appears in many places, GRUB configuration > file, splash screen image to name some. > > Valeri > >>> Attached screenshot. >>> >>> Anyhelp with what to search for or some blogs and direct answers would >>> help >>> :-) >>> >>> -- >>> Cheers >>> -- >>> S.Ramaseshan >>> Engineer >>> fractalio.com >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> CentOS mailing list >>> CentOS at centos.org >>> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >>> >>> >> >> -- >> ---~~.~~--- >> Mike >> // SilverTip257 // >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS at centos.org >> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Valeri Galtsev > Sr System Administrator > Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics > Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics > University of Chicago > Phone: 773-702-4247 > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >