Set hostname

Set host name on Centos:

/etc/sysconfig/network

 

HOSTNAME="mycomputer"


/etc/hosts wrote:

127.0.0.1 mycomputer.mydomain.local mycomputer

 

check it with

hostname 
hostname --fqdn
hostname -a

 

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