[OpenIndiana-discuss] where is hostname kept

Cyril Plisko cyril.plisko at mountall.com
Mon Oct 31 14:58:52 UTC 2011


On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 4:53 PM, Harry Putnam <reader at newsguy.com> wrote:

> running b 151a
>
> If I wanted to change the hostname of a server permanently, where is
> the hostname kept and where is it read by the OS besides /etc/hosts
> file?
>
>
That would be /etc/nodename



> Sorry for the lameo question but googling, the hits are apparently out
> of date and say things like /etc/hostname.NIC.. and I see nothing like
> that.
>
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Regards,
        Cyril


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