HOSTNAME(5) hostname HOSTNAME(5)NAME
hostname - Local hostname configuration file
SYNOPSIS
/etc/hostname
DESCRIPTION
The /etc/hostname file configures the name of the local system that is set during boot using the sethostname(2) system call. It should
contain a single newline-terminated hostname string. The hostname may be a free-form string up to 64 characters in length; however, it is
recommended that it consists only of 7-bit ASCII lower-case characters and no spaces or dots, and limits itself to the format allowed for
DNS domain name labels, even though this is not a strict requirement.
Depending on the operating system, other configuration files might be checked for configuration of the hostname as well, however only as
fallback.
You may use hostnamectl(1) to change the value of this file from the command line.
HISTORY
The simple configuration file format of /etc/hostname originates from Debian GNU/Linux.
SEE ALSO systemd(1), sethostname(2), hostname(1), hostname(7), machine-id(5), machine-info(5), hostnamectl(1), systemd-hostnamed.service(8)systemd 208HOSTNAME(5)
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HOSTNAME(5) /etc/hostname HOSTNAME(5)NAME
hostname - Local host name configuration file
SYNOPSIS
/etc/hostname
DESCRIPTION
The /etc/hostname file configures the name of the local system that is set during boot, with the sethostname(2) system call. It should
contain a single newline-terminated host name string. The host name may be a free-form string up to 64 characters in length, however it is
recommended that it consists only of 7bit ASCII lower-case characters and no spaces or dots, and limits itself to the format allowed for
DNS domain name labels, even though this is not a strict requirement.
Depending on the operating system other configuration files might be checked for configuration of the host name as well, however only as
fallback.
HISTORY
The simple configuration file format of /etc/hostname originates from Debian GNU/Linux.
SEE ALSO systemd(1), sethostname(2), hostname(1), hostname(7), machine-id(5), machine-info(5)AUTHOR
Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>
Developer
systemd 10/07/2013 HOSTNAME(5)
Hello,
Iam trying to get the IP of the hostname of the machine from /etc/hosts.
I used the command as below:
But the result shows the IP with the hostname..
like
192.168.0.8 test12111.com
I need to get only 192.168.0.8
Please help
Thanks in advance
esham (11 Replies)
hello
I have a file where an entry needs to be modified. an example of this entry is:
install_location=/xena/sybase/ase12_5
I need to replace xena with another hostname (`hostname` output) for example:
install_location=/dx1/sybase/ase12_5
how to do that?
thanks (11 Replies)
Hi Good Day!
I have a fedora 8 installed and I wan't to change its hostname since the default hostname is "localhost.localdomain". I wanna change it to something different. Please some one advice what to do. Do I have to change the entry in "/etc/hosts" or there's other way to do it? (7 Replies)
When I login AIX console, how to show hostname before any command:
hostname:/#>id
uid=0(root) gid=0(system) groups=2(bin),3(sys),7(security),8(cron),10(audit),11(lp) (15 Replies)
Hey,
I'm trying to print the first four characters of the hostname of a computer.
I can get it from using:
hostname -s | sed 's/...........$//'"
but this is when I know how many characters are in the computer name.
I dont understand why some like:
hostname -s | sed '/..../p'
wont... (7 Replies)
Hi All,
I am wondering how does the hostname command decides what is the actual hostname. Where does the command take the information from? (7 Replies)
It looks like,
user@hostname:/auto/home3/user$
Desired,
user@hostname$
I added following line in .bashrc, but still its same.
export PS1=" $ "
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Dear All,
I have configured IPMP in one of my SUN machine which is having solros 9 version. I have updated all files like /etc/hosts,/etc/hostname.ce0 and /etc/hostname.ce1 and rebooted the server. But IP's are not mounted which i have given in /etc/hosts file.
Please find the below ifconfig... (6 Replies)
from the hostname command I get this:
scosysv.mycompany0
when I ping scosysv.mycompany0 i get 64.158.xx.xx which fails with 100% packet loss.
/etc/hosts shows
199.199.199.1 scosysv scosysv.mycompany0 scosysv.mycompany0.com
when I ping the hostname value isn't the local IP 199.199.199.1... (6 Replies)
Hi,
I'm attempting to create case statement in a ksh script that does the following:
Run a uname command against the box and use that value for $HOSTNAME object. Then, if hostname has AIX in it, then use the lsldap command to try to bind, then print $HOSTNAME:yes or $HOSTNAME:no, depending on... (7 Replies)
Hi all,
Please i have to get hostname of an ip address (172.16.68.4). so i have used the command 'host'
host $ipaddr >> iptohostname.txt
Here is my file: iptohostname.txt
4.68.16.172.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer g-4.xxx.yyyy.zz.
3.68.16.172.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer... (11 Replies)
I have vmware on my windows PC ( hostname : acer ).
vmware has RHEL 7 ( hostname : rhel7 ) installed recently.
RHEL IP configuration
IP : 192.168.5.128
Netmask : 255.255.255.0
ssh to rhel7 works from acer using putty
resolve.conf
cat /etc/resolv.conf
nameserver 192.168.5.1
host... (12 Replies)
Dear all experts,
I would like to know where can I find the hostname located as when I receive the syslog, I can only see as below : (showing in localhost instead of the hostname)
Feb 6 15:31:31 localhost syslog:info syslogd: restart
Feb 6 15:31:50 localhost syslog:info syslogd: restart
Feb... (13 Replies)