source: BOOK/network/common/hostname.xml@ 06c2ae3

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<sect1 id="ch-network-hostname">
  <?dbhtml filename="hostname.html"?>

  <title>Configuring the localnet Script</title>

  <indexterm zone="ch-network-hostname">
    <primary sortas="d-localnet">localnet</primary>
  <secondary>configuring</secondary></indexterm>

  <para>Part of the job of the <command>localnet</command> script is
  setting the system's hostname. This needs to be configured in the
  <filename>/etc/hostname</filename> file.</para>

  <para>Create the <filename>/etc/hostname</filename> file
  and enter a hostname by running:</para>

  <screen><userinput>echo "HOSTNAME=<replaceable>[clfs]</replaceable>" &gt; /etc/hostname</userinput></screen>

  <para><replaceable>[clfs]</replaceable> needs to be replaced with the
  name given to the computer. Do not enter the Fully Qualified
  Domain Name (FQDN) here. That information will be put in the
  <filename>/etc/hosts</filename> file in the next section.</para>

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