A hostname is the label given to a device connected to a computer network.

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Setting a network hostname doesn't work

I'm on a Kubuntu 11.10 and I'm having trouble setting a hostname on the network. I already tried changing send host-name "myhostname" in /etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf or /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf with a ...
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Unable to set hostname for use within network

I am having a lot of trouble setting up a hostname for my home server for use within my home network. My home server is running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and all packages are up to date. Management of this ...
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why is FQDN using external IP address

When postfix connects to the FQDN dur.bounceme.net it uses the external IP address: root@dur:~# root@dur:~# tail /var/log/mail.log Aug 28 04:39:45 dur postfix/master[6667]: terminating on signal 15 ...
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centos 6, hostname won't resolve, dns issue, loop detected

I've searched everywhere and tried all the suggestions that I've seen, but I just can't get this to work now (it was working before). This is the first time I've ever installed a test server that I ...