HOSTNAME(4) HOSTNAME(4)NAME HOSTNAME - hostname and domainname database DESCRIPTION HOSTNAME resides in the /etc directory and consists of one line containing the following items of information hostname domainname Items are separated by any number of blanks and/or tabs. There must be no white space at the beginning of the line. hostname is the name of the local host machine and domain- name is the name of the Yellow Pages domain on which the lo- cal host resides. EXAMPLES magic apple FILES /etc/HOSTNAME SEE ALSO hostname(1), domainname(1), chgnod(1M). A/UX Installation Guide RFC-882, RFC-883, RFC-920, RFC-921, RFC-952, RFC-953, RFC- 973, RFC-974 (DNN Network Information Center, SRI Interna- tional) April, 1990 1