NAME

hostname — initial hostname

SYNOPSIS

/etc/hostname

DESCRIPTION

The hostname file is read on boot by init(8) and is used as the system hostname. No hostname is set if the file is missing and the hostname remains the kernel default.

FORMAT

The file must contain a valid hostname and no whitespace on a single line.

FILES

/etc/hostname

System hostname.

EXAMPLES

dragon

SEE ALSO

hostname(1), gethostname(2), sethostname(2), init(8)