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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
3 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
4 %general-entities;
5]>
6<sect1 id="ch-scripts-hostname">
7<title>Configuring the localnet Script</title>
8<?dbhtml filename="hostname.html"?>
9
10<indexterm zone="ch-scripts-hostname">
11<primary sortas="d-localnet">localnet</primary>
12<secondary>configuring</secondary></indexterm>
13
14<para>Part of the localnet script is setting up the system's hostname. This
15needs to be configured in the <filename>/etc/sysconfig/network</filename>.</para>
16
17<para>Create the <filename>/etc/sysconfig/network</filename> file and enter a hostname by
18running:</para>
19
20<screen><userinput>echo "HOSTNAME=<replaceable>[lfs]</replaceable>" &gt; /etc/sysconfig/network</userinput></screen>
21
22<para><replaceable>[lfs]</replaceable> needs to be replaced with the
23name the computer is to be called. Do not enter the Fully Qualified
24Domain Name (FQDN) here. That information will be put in the
25<filename>/etc/hosts</filename> file later.</para>
26
27</sect1>
28
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