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Old 20-12-2006, 12:05 PM
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In redhat I can set hostname editing /etc/sysconfig/network and setting HOSTNAME=myserver.com

I'm not able to find the same file under ubuntu linux

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File is /etc/hostname
Code:
sudo  vi /etc/hostname
sudo  nano /etc/hostname
HOSTNAME=yourhostname

Reboot system
Code:
sudo reboot
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