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One of the basic requirement of identifying your computer system besides from its IP and MAC address is by its system host name. These host names are used by many of the networking programs to identify the machine. To view your current computer host name, simply type as root # hostname Now, to change your current system host name, # hostname newhost.domain.com and verify again # hostname Using Fedora, to permanently change your linux system name, backup and modify /etc/hosts for similar lines as shown below 127.0.0.1 localhost 83.83.83.83 vertito.ilovetux.com Save and exit. Backup and modify /etc/sysconfig/network for similar lines as shown below HOSTNAME=vertito.ilovetux.com Restart your network system to permanently take effect between reboots. # service network restart # hostname ______________________________________________________________________________ Thanks to http://techgurulive.com/2008/09/15/fedora-9-how-to-change-linux-hostname-or-computer-system-name/
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