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In CentOS and | In CentOS/Ubuntu and other distros you can control <tt>hostname</tt> using: | ||
$ '''hostnamectl set-hostname''' ''<new hostname>'' #in CentOS 7 changes <tt>'''/etc/hostname'''</tt> file that stores centrally the system's hostname | $ '''hostnamectl set-hostname''' ''<new hostname>'' #in CentOS 7 changes <tt>'''/etc/hostname'''</tt> file that stores centrally the system's hostname | ||
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127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain | 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain | ||
::1 localhost localhost.localdomain | ::1 localhost localhost.localdomain | ||
In Ubuntu >14.04 | |||
$ '''vi /etc/hosts''' | |||
127.0.0.1 localhost | |||
127.0.1.1 ''newHostName'' ''newHostName''.home | |||
Temporarily changing <tt>hostname</tt> can be achieved by the command below then logout and login again to see the effect in bash. | Temporarily changing <tt>hostname</tt> can be achieved by the command below then logout and login again to see the effect in bash. |
Revision as of 10:46, 4 March 2016
In CentOS/Ubuntu and other distros you can control hostname using:
$ hostnamectl set-hostname <new hostname> #in CentOS 7 changes /etc/hostname file that stores centrally the system's hostname
In Redhat (RPM) based distros change the hostname permanently by editing:
$ vi /etc/sysconfig/network NETWORKING=yes HOSTNAME=newHostName
In other distros it should be enough to change:
$ vi /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 newHostName 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain ::1 localhost localhost.localdomain
In Ubuntu >14.04
$ vi /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 localhost 127.0.1.1 newHostName newHostName.home
Temporarily changing hostname can be achieved by the command below then logout and login again to see the effect in bash.
$ hostname newHostName
- Restart networking
If you changed /etc/hosts or /etc/sysconfig/network file you want to restart networking to ensure that changes will be persistent on reboot:
$ /etc/init.d/network restart # Redhat based $ sudo service networking restart # Debian/Ubuntu distros