source: clfs-sysroot/BOOK/network/common/hostname.xml@ 85fb0c2

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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>cat &gt; ${CLFS}/etc/sysconfig/network &lt;&lt; EOF
25HOSTNAME=<replaceable>[clfs]</replaceable>
26EOF</userinput></screen>
27
28 <para><replaceable>[clfs]</replaceable> needs to be replaced with the
29 name given to the computer. Do not enter the Fully Qualified
30 Domain Name (FQDN) here. That information will be put in the
31 <filename>/etc/hosts</filename> file in the next section.</para>
32
33</sect1>
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