The Hostname Configuration dialog prompts you to
enter a name for your computer (called a
hostname).
If you have a network card in your computer, enter a
fully-qualified domain name in this format:
hostname.domain.name
In this example,
hostname is the name
you've chosen for your computer and
domain.name is the
TCP/IP domain. (A domain name may contain more nodes: for example,
eastcoast.mainserver.redhat.com and
westcoast.mainserver.redhat.com.)
Even if your computer is not part of a network, you can enter a
hostname for your system. Take this opportunity to enter in a name; if
you do not, your system will be known as
localhost.
 | Tip |
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| | To change your hostname once you have rebooted your system, first
become root. In a terminal at the root prompt, type hostname
newname, where
newname is what you want the hostname to
be. If you just want to have the hostname echoed onto the display,
type hostname and it will display the system's
hostname.
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