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What is the difference between hostname , computername , localhostname
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<blockquote data-quote="gsahli" data-source="post: 1633408" data-attributes="member: 182015"><p>OK, I think some DHCP servers give HostName if ComputerName isn't already set. I get "not set" for HostName, and "liberty" for LocalHostName.</p><p>I have a line in my /etc/hosts file like this:</p><p>127.0.0.1 localhost liberty</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gsahli, post: 1633408, member: 182015"] OK, I think some DHCP servers give HostName if ComputerName isn't already set. I get "not set" for HostName, and "liberty" for LocalHostName. I have a line in my /etc/hosts file like this: 127.0.0.1 localhost liberty [/QUOTE]
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