1 HOSTNAME(1) User Commands HOSTNAME(1) 2 3 4 5 NAME 6 hostname - set or print name of current host system 7 8 SYNOPSIS 9 /usr/bin/hostname [-d | -f] [domain | hostname] 10 11 12 DESCRIPTION 13 With no arguments th hostname command prints the name of the current 14 host, as given before the login prompt. If -d is passed the hostname 15 command will instead print out the name of default domain, and if -f is 16 passed the hostname will be fully-qualified. 17 18 The super-user can set the hostname (or domain name if -d is passed) by 19 passing the new value as an additional argument. The FQDN (fully 20 qualified domain name) cannot be set using the hostname command. 21 22 SEE ALSO 23 uname(1), attributes(5) 24 25 26 27 May 10, 2016 HOSTNAME(1)