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Permanently Change Hostname in Ubuntu

February 15, 2011

To permanently to change the hostname of an Ubuntu box, edit the file /etc/hostname. (You need to be root to change this file.) Modify the single line the file contains.

Categories: Linux, Networking

Tags: hostname, ubuntu


Permanently Change Hostname in Fedora

October 20, 2009

To permanently change the hostname of a Fedora box, edit the file /etc/sysconfig/network. (You need to be root to change this file.) Modify the HOSTNAME line.

Categories: Linux, Networking

Tags: fedora, hostname