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How to Change HostName on Enterprise Linux 6.5

In Enterprise Linux 6, it is slightly different from previous versions on changing hostname. You don't have to modify /etc/resolv.conf anymore, the interface configuration file (i.e. eth0) will reflect its search domain to /etc/resolv.conf automatically.

By default, modifying /etc/resolv.conf may take effect within the instance, but it will be reset by NIC configuration after reboots. Why is /etc/resolv.conf unable to be persistent after reboots? You may refer to my post for more information: How to Change DNS on Enterprise Linux 6.5.

There're 3 files need to be modified in order to change hostname.

  1. The basic network configuration
  2. [root@localhost ~]# vi /etc/sysconfig/network
    NETWORKING=yes
    HOSTNAME=primary01.example.com
    #HOSTNAME=localhost.localdomain
    GATEWAY=192.168.15.1
  3. The interface configuration file, it's usually eth0
  4. [root@localhost ~]# vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
    DEVICE=eth0
    TYPE=Ethernet
    UUID= ...
    ONBOOT=yes
    NM_CONTROLLED=yes
    BOOTPROTO=none
    HWADDR= ...
    IPADDR=10.12.13.123
    PREFIX=8
    GATEWAY=10.0.0.1
    DNS1=8.8.8.8
    DOMAIN=example.com
    #DOMAIN=localdomain
    DEFROUTE=yes
    IPV4_FAILURE_FATAL=yes
    IPV6INIT=no
    NAME="System eth0"
  5. The hosts file
  6. [root@localhost ~]# vi /etc/hosts
    127.0.0.1   primary01 primary01.example.com localhost localhost.localdomain localhost4 localhost4.localdomain4
    ::1         primary01 primary01.example.com localhost localhost.localdomain localhost6 localhost6.localdomain6

Now, you can restart your server to verify the results.

Further reading: How to Change DNS on Enterprise Linux 6.5.

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