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Old 08-25-2008, 09:21 PM
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I just forgot file name which can be used to change my domain name and hostname under RHEL 5 server. I need to setup domain as follows:
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portal.example.com
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Old 08-25-2008, 09:40 PM
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Open /etc/sysconfig/network file and change / set HOSTNAME variable:
Code:
HOSTNAME=portal.example.com
You can use hostname command to set the system's host name:
Code:
hostname portal.example.com
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