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Friday, August 13, 2010

How to Change Computer Name or Hostname in Linux

The hostname is stored in the file
/etc/hostname
You can edit that with your favorite editor. I use emacs:
sudo emacs /etc/hostname
You will also need to match that in
/etc/hosts
at

1 comment:

  1. MoonlightApril 23, 2013 at 3:40 PM

    I once looked into this problem. I just recall there are 3 places to modify. And for RHEL/centos is different from Unbuntu...

    I don't have my note with me here, maybe not accurate.

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