networking - What is a hostname versus a computer name versus a ...
Mar 9, 2015 · Hostname is an attribute of a system stored locally on that system. "Computer name" is what Windows uses to refer to the hostname. A subdomain is a DNS concept. In DNS, domain …
Hostname (FQDN).......huh? - Proxmox Support Forum
Jan 19, 2020 · Hi All, I'm very, very new to Proxmox - a colleague at work recommended it to me but I have a question and he's gone campin! Can someone please explain the Hostname (FQDN) in the …
Is it possible to alias a hostname in Linux? - Server Fault
113 Is it possible to alias a hostname in Linux? It has been asked by jmillikin at various Ubuntu forums as follows: Is it possible to create a hostname alias? Sort of like /etc/hosts, but with other hostnames …
shell - HOSTNAME environment variable on Linux - Super User
Apr 22, 2016 · On my Linux box (Gentoo Linux 2.6.31 to be specific) I have noticed that the HOSTNAME environment variable is available in my shell, but not in scripts. For example,
windows - Resolve host name from IP address - Server Fault
Oct 13, 2009 · I'm looking for a command line tool which gets an IP address and returns the host name, for Windows.
Difference between Subdomain, hostname, host and www in a DNS …
Any hostname is a subdomain except if it is a TLD. www can be a hostname if it is assigned to a specific host withing a network or can be a subdomain where lower level hosts are located, like …
What is the difference between a hostname and a fully qualified …
May 15, 2011 · 8 The hostname is just the computer name and the fully qualified domain name is the hostname plus the domain name after it.... hostname: bigbox fqdn: bigbox.mynetwork.com or …
linux - Hostnames - What are they all about? - Server Fault
So what does a "system hostname" even mean? Many applications will use the system hostname as a default identifier when they communicate elsewhere. For example, if you're collecting syslog …
What's the difference between Host and HostName in SSH Config?
Nov 10, 2012 · If the hostname contains the character sequence `%h', then this will be replaced with the host name specified on the command line (this is useful for manipulating unqualified names). The …
Where does this name come from? root@<hostname>
Feb 19, 2015 · How do I change this name? It seems to be an alias somewhere? When I get the hostname: hostname -s I get: 28004-2-2734499 I checked /etc/sysconfig/network and do not find the …