Where does F8 gets the hostname from?

[Karl Larsen]

Marcelo Magno T. Sales wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In /etc/sysconfig/network, I have set up the name I want for the host 
> (that was all I had to do in F7). In system-config-network, at the DNS 
> tab, the same name is shown. However, when I execute the hostname 
> command, I get:
> localhost.localdomain
> Also, my bash prompt shows "[marcelo at localhost ~]"
> Where does this information come from?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Marcelo
>
>   
    In a root Terminal window type hostname and it will write out what 
it is. To change the name use hostname newname and it will be changed.



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