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Gutrus gutrus at 10:23, 30 January 2013

Gutrus gutrus — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 10:23:16 GMT

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	::'''<code>hostname –f</code>''' will output the fully qualified domain name (or FQDN) of the system.		::'''<code>hostname –f</code>''' will output the fully qualified domain name (or FQDN) of the system.

	::'''<code>hostname NEW_NAME</code>''' will set the hostname of the system to NEW_NAME. This is active right away and will remain ~~like that~~ until the system ~~will be~~ rebooted (because at system boot it ~~will set~~ this from some particular file ~~configurations~~ - see bellow how to set this permanently). You will most probably need to exit the current shell in order to see the change in your shell prompt.		::'''<code>hostname NEW_NAME</code>''' will set the hostname of the system to NEW_NAME. This is active right away and will remain so until the system is rebooted (because at system boot it sets this from some particular file configuration - see bellow how to set this permanently). You will most probably need to exit the current shell in order to see the change in your shell prompt.


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Gutrus gutrus: /* Hostname */

Gutrus gutrus — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 10:21:16 GMT

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	:On any running Linux system you can change its hostname with the command ‘hostname‘.		:On any running Linux system you can change its hostname with the command ‘hostname‘.

	::'''<code>#hostname</code>''' without any parameter it will output the current hostname of the system.		::'''<code>hostname</code>''' without any parameter it will output the current hostname of the system.

	::'''<code>hostname –f</code>''' will output the fully qualified domain name (or FQDN) of the system.		::'''<code>hostname –f</code>''' will output the fully qualified domain name (or FQDN) of the system.

Gutrus gutrus: /* Hostname */

Gutrus gutrus — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 10:20:50 GMT

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	::'''<code>#hostname</code>''' without any parameter it will output the current hostname of the system.		::'''<code>#hostname</code>''' without any parameter it will output the current hostname of the system.

	::'''<code>hostname ~~–fd~~</code>''' will output the fully qualified domain name (or FQDN) of the system.		::'''<code>hostname –f</code>''' will output the fully qualified domain name (or FQDN) of the system.

	::'''<code>hostname NEW_NAME</code>''' will set the hostname of the system to NEW_NAME. This is active right away and will remain like that until the system will be rebooted (because at system boot it will set this from some particular file configurations - see bellow how to set this permanently). You will most probably need to exit the current shell in order to see the change in your shell prompt.		::'''<code>hostname NEW_NAME</code>''' will set the hostname of the system to NEW_NAME. This is active right away and will remain like that until the system will be rebooted (because at system boot it will set this from some particular file configurations - see bellow how to set this permanently). You will most probably need to exit the current shell in order to see the change in your shell prompt.

Gutrus gutrus: /* Hostname */

Gutrus gutrus — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 10:17:26 GMT

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	::'''<code>#hostname</code>''' without any parameter it will output the current hostname of the system.		::'''<code>#hostname</code>''' without any parameter it will output the current hostname of the system.

	::'''<code>hostname ~~–fqd~~</code>''' will output the fully qualified domain name (or FQDN) of the system.		::'''<code>hostname –fd</code>''' will output the fully qualified domain name (or FQDN) of the system.

	::'''<code>hostname NEW_NAME</code>''' will set the hostname of the system to NEW_NAME. This is active right away and will remain like that until the system will be rebooted (because at system boot it will set this from some particular file configurations - see bellow how to set this permanently). You will most probably need to exit the current shell in order to see the change in your shell prompt.		::'''<code>hostname NEW_NAME</code>''' will set the hostname of the system to NEW_NAME. This is active right away and will remain like that until the system will be rebooted (because at system boot it will set this from some particular file configurations - see bellow how to set this permanently). You will most probably need to exit the current shell in order to see the change in your shell prompt.

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Erik — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:00:21 GMT

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== Hostname ==

You can change a Slackware box's <code>hostname</code> by two methods:

1) Edit <code>/etc/HOSTNAME</code>

2) Use the hostname command-

:On any running Linux system you can change its hostname with the command ‘hostname‘.

::'''<code>#hostname</code>''' without any parameter it will output the current hostname of the system.

::'''<code>hostname –fqd</code>''' will output the fully qualified domain name (or FQDN) of the system.

::'''<code>hostname NEW_NAME</code>''' will set the hostname of the system to NEW_NAME. This is active right away and will remain like that until the system will be rebooted (because at system boot it will set this from some particular file configurations - see bellow how to set this permanently). You will most probably need to exit the current shell in order to see the change in your shell prompt.

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