NAME

       hostname - Local host name configuration file

SYNOPSIS

       /etc/hostname

DESCRIPTION

       The /etc/hostname file configures the name of the local system that is set during boot,
       with the sethostname(2) system call. It should contain a single newline-terminated host
       name string. The host name may be a free-form string up to 64 characters in length,
       however it is recommended that it consists only of 7bit ASCII lower-case characters and no
       spaces or dots, and limits itself to the format allowed for DNS domain name labels, even
       though this is not a strict requirement.

       Depending on the operating system other configuration files might be checked for
       configuration of the host name as well, however only as fallback.

       You may use hostnamectl(1) to change the value of this file from the command line.

HISTORY

       The simple configuration file format of /etc/hostname originates from Debian GNU/Linux.

SEE ALSO

       systemd(1), sethostname(2), hostname(1), hostname(7), machine-id(5), machine-info(5),
       hostnamectl(1), systemd-hostnamed.service(8)