As we already saw in “How to set hostname in Linux“, hostname is used to identify the device in network. If we have not hostname matched to our ip, we can’t resolve our host. Edit /etc/hosts: 127.0.0.1 localhost# HERE! 127.0.1.1 HOSTNAME # The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts ::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback fe00::0 ip6-localnetContinue Reading
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How to set hostname in Linux
In computer networking, a hostname (archaically nodename) is a label. It’s assigned to a device connected to a computer network. That is used to identify the device in network. sudo hostname {{ new hostname }} – Will work till system restart. Define hostname permanently: For newer distributives, that uses SystemD init system: sudo hostnamectl set-hostname {{ new hostname }}Continue Reading