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Warren Young
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Why doesn't hostname'sdoes the hostname command's output differ from /etc/hosts?

[root@localhost ~]# hostname hello
[root@localhost ~]# hostname
hello
[root@localhost ~]# cat /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1   localhost localhost.localdomain localhost4 localhost4.localdomain4
::1         localhost localhost.localdomain localhost6 localhost6.localdomain6
[root@localhost ~]#

The command line output is as above.

Why doesn't hostname'sis the hostname output differdifferent from what is found in /etc/hosts/etc/hosts?

Why doesn't hostname's output differ from /etc/hosts?

[root@localhost ~]# hostname hello
[root@localhost ~]# hostname
hello
[root@localhost ~]# cat /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1   localhost localhost.localdomain localhost4 localhost4.localdomain4
::1         localhost localhost.localdomain localhost6 localhost6.localdomain6
[root@localhost ~]#

The command line output is as above.

Why doesn't hostname's output differ from /etc/hosts?

Why does the hostname command's output differ from /etc/hosts?

[root@localhost ~]# hostname hello
[root@localhost ~]# hostname
hello
[root@localhost ~]# cat /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1   localhost localhost.localdomain localhost4 localhost4.localdomain4
::1         localhost localhost.localdomain localhost6 localhost6.localdomain6
[root@localhost ~]#

The command line output is as above.

Why is the hostname output different from what is found in /etc/hosts?

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Why doesn't hostname's output differ from /etc/hosts?

[root@localhost ~]# hostname hello
[root@localhost ~]# hostname
hello
[root@localhost ~]# cat /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1   localhost localhost.localdomain localhost4 localhost4.localdomain4
::1         localhost localhost.localdomain localhost6 localhost6.localdomain6
[root@localhost ~]#

The command line output is as above.

Why doesn't hostname's output differ from /etc/hosts?