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With Fedora 18 the hostname is stored in the file <code>/etc/hostname</code>. | With Fedora 18 the hostname is stored in the file <code>/etc/hostname</code>. During the boot process the transient hostname will be set from [http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/ systemd] according to the content of the file <code>/etc/hostname</code>. | ||
The commands '''hostname''' and '''hostnamectl''' may be used to print or set the system hostname. | The commands '''hostname''' and '''hostnamectl''' may be used to print or set the system hostname. | ||
On Fedora the system hostname is specified as a '''f'''ully '''q'''ualified '''d'''omain '''n'''ame (FQDN). | |||
==How to change the hostname== | |||
The following command changes the transient and static hostname: | |||
<pre> | |||
hostnamectl set-hostname myhost.mydomain | |||
</pre> | |||
==Documentation== | |||
<pre> | |||
man hostnamectl | |||
man hostname | |||
man 5 hostname | |||
man machine-info | |||
</pre> | |||
Latest revision as of 15:07, 21 May 2015
With Fedora 18 the hostname is stored in the file /etc/hostname. During the boot process the transient hostname will be set from systemd according to the content of the file /etc/hostname.
The commands hostname and hostnamectl may be used to print or set the system hostname.
On Fedora the system hostname is specified as a fully qualified domain name (FQDN).
How to change the hostname
The following command changes the transient and static hostname:
hostnamectl set-hostname myhost.mydomain
Documentation
man hostnamectl man hostname man 5 hostname man machine-info