Not sure about everyone else, but I always put my hostname in /etc/hosts. Maybe that's from years of not always having DNS available back when the earth was cooling.
On Apr 5, 2016 16:30, "James Hogarth" <james.hoga...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 5 April 2016 at 20:24, Joe Smithian <joe.smith...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > We can permanently set hostname using hostnamectl set-hostname. How can > we > > permanently set *domain name* in CentOS 7? > > I found an article > > < > > > http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/239920/how-to-set-the-fully-qualified-hostname-on-centos-7-0 > > > > > that recommended setting FQDN using hostnamectl. Is that the right way to > > set hostname and domainname at the same time using *hostnamectl > > set-hostname* command? > > > > Running *hostnamectl set-hostname* will set the hostname in* > > /etc/hostname* > > but it doesn't change */etc/hosts*. What's the proper way of adding > > hostname and FQDN to */etc/hosts *in CentOS 7? > > > > > Technically speaking one shouldn't put the hostname in /etc/hosts as it's > not required so long as your DNS is working ... which it should be ... > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
