On 11/02/2015 06:57 PM, 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 > > 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. This may be a good starting point: https://wiki.centos.org/Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOS6.6#head-aa7c0c92192cb800602611047f6009cddb65eaf1