[CentOS] Changing the centos name on boot

[Robert Moskowitz]

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
>>>
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>>
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