source: BOOK/network/common/hostname.xml@ 2229a52

clfs-2.1 clfs-3.0.0-systemd clfs-3.0.0-sysvinit systemd sysvinit
Last change on this file since 2229a52 was 0b9e109, checked in by Jim Gifford <clfs@…>, 16 years ago

Added Network Configuration to Book.

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[3f8be484]1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
[aa18ac0]2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
[0b9e109]4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
[3f8be484]5 %general-entities;
6]>
7
[0b9e109]8<sect1 id="ch-network-hostname">
[3f8be484]9 <?dbhtml filename="hostname.html"?>
10
11 <title>Configuring the localnet Script</title>
12
[0b9e109]13 <indexterm zone="ch-network-hostname">
[3f8be484]14 <primary sortas="d-localnet">localnet</primary>
15 <secondary>configuring</secondary></indexterm>
16
17 <para>Part of the job of the <command>localnet</command> script is
18 setting the system's hostname. This needs to be configured in the
19 <filename>/etc/sysconfig/network</filename> file.</para>
20
21 <para>Create the <filename>/etc/sysconfig/network</filename> file
22 and enter a hostname by running:</para>
23
[ca77da8]24 <screen><userinput>echo "HOSTNAME=<replaceable>[clfs]</replaceable>" &gt; /etc/sysconfig/network</userinput></screen>
[3f8be484]25
[ca77da8]26 <para><replaceable>[clfs]</replaceable> needs to be replaced with the
[3f8be484]27 name given to the computer. Do not enter the Fully Qualified
28 Domain Name (FQDN) here. That information will be put in the
29 <filename>/etc/hosts</filename> file in the next section.</para>
30
31</sect1>
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