Re: Domain Name

[Anand Buddhdev <arb anand org>]

george wrote:

> should this be the fully qualified domain name or just hostname?
>
> I have read two differing accounts on this

In general, it should be the fully qualified domain name. If you don't 
have a domain name to use, you can even just 'invent' one and use it, 
eg. hostname.mydomain. However, in case you do set your hostname to just 
a name, without a domain, it won't do any harm.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-list-admin redhat com
> [mailto:redhat-list-admin redhat com]On Behalf Of Anand Buddhdev
> Sent: Sunday, 12 January 2003 9:25 AM
> To: redhat-list redhat com
> Subject: Re: Domain Name
>
>
> Ted Gervais wrote:
>
>
> > I feel a little sheepish in asking this question on the list but what 
> > the heck. Here it goes.
> >
> > I have RH8 running very well. Everything seems to be fine.  But I notice 
> > that somehow I never set my hostname. Or at least, the hostname that 
> > keeps appearing is 'localhost'.  Of course that appears in my /etc/hosts 
> > file.
> >
> > I am sure everyone has a better host name than 'localhost'  and was 
> > wondering about making a change here.  If I do make a change though, 
> > will that screwup sendmail or the network etc..??
> >
> > Also, how does one make a change to another hostname?   And how is this 
> > done permanently.
>
>
> Edit /etc/sysconfig/network, and set your hostname there. It will be set 
> correctly at every bootup then. For completenesses sake, also edit 
> /etc/hosts, and change localhost.localdomain to your new hostname.



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