CentOS - Sep 2016 - /etc/sysconfig/network HOSTNAME settings

Hello,

I found different ways to define the hostname ...

this
HOSTNAME="host.domain.tld"

or this:
HOSTNAME="host"
DOMAIN="domain.tld"

what is the correct way?

Thanks,
Walter

On 2016-09-03, Walter H. <Walter.H at mathemainzel.info>
wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I found different ways to define the hostname ...
>
> this
> HOSTNAME=3D"host.domain.tld"
>
> or this:
> HOSTNAME=3D"host"
> DOMAIN=3D"domain.tld"
>
> what is the correct way?
>
> Thanks,
> Walter
In the case of RHEL 5 and 6 the former way is recommended[1]. I don't
know whether that advice has changed with RHEL 7.

1:
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Deployment_Guide/ch-Network_Interfaces.html#sect-setting-the-host-name

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Liam

On Sun, 4 Sep 2016 19:57:01 +0100
Liam O'Toole wrote:
> In the case of RHEL 5 and 6 the former way is recommended[1]. I don't
> know whether that advice has changed with RHEL 7.
hostnamectl set-hostname whateveryourhostnameshouldbe

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