RedHat 6.x/CentOS 6.x: Rename or change the hostname temporarily or permanently

Andreas August 27, 2012 0
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Fairly easy task

I want to rename my RedHat host.

Temporarily change the hostname:

hostname NEW-HOSTNAME

If you like to change it permanently:

vi /etc/sysconfig/network

And change the host details in there.

Then restart the network

service network restart

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