Comments on: How to Set or Change Hostname in CentOS/RHEL 7/8 https://www.tecmint.com/set-change-hostname-in-centos-7/ Tecmint - Linux Howtos, Tutorials, Guides, News, Tips and Tricks. Thu, 24 Jun 2021 16:46:40 +0000 hourly 1 By: Ben https://www.tecmint.com/set-change-hostname-in-centos-7/comment-page-1/#comment-1528480 Thu, 24 Jun 2021 16:46:40 +0000 https://www.tecmint.com/?p=28113#comment-1528480 Thank you! This is the only tutorial I followed that actually permanently changed the hostname on my server.

]]> By: Quentin Sanders https://www.tecmint.com/set-change-hostname-in-centos-7/comment-page-1/#comment-1313154 Wed, 22 Jan 2020 23:24:56 +0000 https://www.tecmint.com/?p=28113#comment-1313154 thanks for the write-up, saving it to my library

]]> By: Ravi Saive https://www.tecmint.com/set-change-hostname-in-centos-7/comment-page-1/#comment-1284087 Thu, 07 Nov 2019 05:40:38 +0000 https://www.tecmint.com/?p=28113#comment-1284087 In reply to A.

@Cz,

The file /etc/hosts hold all manually added entries, you need to remove the hostname from the /etc/hosts file..

]]> By: A https://www.tecmint.com/set-change-hostname-in-centos-7/comment-page-1/#comment-1283640 Wed, 06 Nov 2019 08:30:37 +0000 https://www.tecmint.com/?p=28113#comment-1283640 I tried hostnamectl command suggested, but it leaves old hostname in /etc/hosts even after reboot as suggested..

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