source: BOOK/network/common/hostname.xml @ 0b9e109

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Added Network Configuration to Book.

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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3  "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
4  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5  %general-entities;
6]>
7
8<sect1 id="ch-network-hostname">
9  <?dbhtml filename="hostname.html"?>
10
11  <title>Configuring the localnet Script</title>
12
13  <indexterm zone="ch-network-hostname">
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
24  <screen><userinput>echo "HOSTNAME=<replaceable>[clfs]</replaceable>" &gt; /etc/sysconfig/network</userinput></screen>
25
26  <para><replaceable>[clfs]</replaceable> needs to be replaced with the
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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