Changing the Hostname Give your Linux box a new computername (RH 7.1) |
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Posted 20.12.2001 | Updated 23.05.2006 | Contributed by Andy Mallett
The default name for a RH Linux install is 'localhost' and the default domain is 'localdomain'. This can easily be modified to a chosen machine and domain name. To modify the localhost name in Linux, edit the network file.. vi /etc/sysconfig/network Change the default localhost.localdomain to the desired details, i.e. linuxbox.myworkgroup Save and exit. The new details will be used on booting the system. |
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