hostname

Question 1

hostname

Answer 1

Hostname is used to display the system’s DNS name, and to display or set its hostname or NIS domain. name.

Question 2

hostname

• a, –alias, Alias names.
• A, –all-fqdns, All long host naes (FQDNs)
• b, –boot, Set default hostname if none avail..
• d, –domain, DNS domain name.
• f, –fqdn, –long, Long host name (FQDN)

Answer 2

• F, –file, Read host name or NIS domain name from given file.
• i, –ip-address, Addresses for the host name.
• I, –all-ip-addresses, All addresses for the host.
• s, –short, Short host name.
• y, –yp, –nis, NIS/YP domain name.