vi or your text editor of choice. Though there should be a 'domainname' command to set it as well, though I just prefer editing /etc/hosts directly. On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 3:24 PM, Joe Smithian <joe.smithian at gmail.com> wrote: > We can permanently set hostname using hostnamectl set-hostname. How can we > permanently set *domain name* in CentOS 7? > I found an article > < > http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/239920/how-to-set-the-fully-qualified-hostname-on-centos-7-0 > > > that recommended setting FQDN using hostnamectl. Is that the right way to > set hostname and domainname at the same time using *hostnamectl > set-hostname* command? > > Running *hostnamectl set-hostname* will set the hostname in* > /etc/hostname* > but it doesn't change */etc/hosts*. What's the proper way of adding > hostname and FQDN to */etc/hosts *in CentOS 7? > > Thanks, > > Joe > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- Mark Haney ::: Senior Systems Engineer *VIF* *International Education* P.O. Box 3566 ::: Chapel Hill, N.C. 27515 ::: USA 919-265-5006 office Global learning for all. www.viflearn.com Find VIF on Facebook <http://facebook.com/VIFInternationalEducation> | Twitter <https://twitter.com/vifglobaled> | LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/company/vif-international-education> Recognized as a ‘Best for the World’ <http://bestfortheworld.bcorporation.net/> B Corp!