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Re: Setting hostname
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Loris Bennett <[log in to unmask]>
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Loris Bennett <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 15 Mar 2016 12:04:43 +0100
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Hi Benjamin,

Benjamin Lefoul <[log in to unmask]> writes:

> Hi Loris,
>
> On SL7, I believe hostnames are best set declaratively in the file
> /etc/hostname (as has been the case for long on other distros).  I
> suspect the preferred imperative way to set hostname is with
> "hostnamectl set-hostname" (check the man hostnamectl).
>
> Regards,
>
> Benjamin Lefoul
> nWISE AB

[snip (50 lines)]

Ah, I should have said:  I'm on SL 6.7 and 'hostnamectl' doesn't seem to
be available.

Cheers,

Loris

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