topic uname -a reports IP address of the machine and not the hostname in Operating System - Linux https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/uname-a-reports-ip-address-of-the-machine-and-not-the-hostname/m-p/3653918#M20197 Hi,<BR /><BR />When I do a 'uname -a' on my redhat linux, it gives me the IP machine of the box instead of the hostname.<BR /><BR />What could be the problem. Where does the uname command gets its input from.<BR /><BR />hp_user Thu, 20 Oct 2005 09:54:24 GMT hp_user_1 2005-10-20T09:54:24Z uname -a reports IP address of the machine and not the hostname https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/uname-a-reports-ip-address-of-the-machine-and-not-the-hostname/m-p/3653918#M20197 Hi,<BR /><BR />When I do a 'uname -a' on my redhat linux, it gives me the IP machine of the box instead of the hostname.<BR /><BR />What could be the problem. Where does the uname command gets its input from.<BR /><BR />hp_user Thu, 20 Oct 2005 09:54:24 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/uname-a-reports-ip-address-of-the-machine-and-not-the-hostname/m-p/3653918#M20197 hp_user_1 2005-10-20T09:54:24Z Re: uname -a reports IP address of the machine and not the hostname https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/uname-a-reports-ip-address-of-the-machine-and-not-the-hostname/m-p/3653919#M20198 /etc/sysconfig/network<BR /><BR />Make sure the hostname is set in there.<BR /><BR />service network restart<BR /><BR />May be needed to make everything work right after you make a change.<BR /><BR />SEP Thu, 20 Oct 2005 11:26:11 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/uname-a-reports-ip-address-of-the-machine-and-not-the-hostname/m-p/3653919#M20198 Steven E. Protter 2005-10-20T11:26:11Z Re: uname -a reports IP address of the machine and not the hostname https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/uname-a-reports-ip-address-of-the-machine-and-not-the-hostname/m-p/3653920#M20199 I checked the file and it contains the hostname of the machine and not the IP address of it in there.<BR /><BR />Is there any other place where it gets the info from ?? Thu, 20 Oct 2005 12:12:59 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/uname-a-reports-ip-address-of-the-machine-and-not-the-hostname/m-p/3653920#M20199 hp_user_1 2005-10-20T12:12:59Z Re: uname -a reports IP address of the machine and not the hostname https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/uname-a-reports-ip-address-of-the-machine-and-not-the-hostname/m-p/3653921#M20200 Check if you have /etc/hostname file.<BR /><BR />Alex. Thu, 20 Oct 2005 13:08:47 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/uname-a-reports-ip-address-of-the-machine-and-not-the-hostname/m-p/3653921#M20200 Alex Lavrov. 2005-10-20T13:08:47Z Re: uname -a reports IP address of the machine and not the hostname https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/uname-a-reports-ip-address-of-the-machine-and-not-the-hostname/m-p/3653922#M20201 Here is a valid /etc/sysconfig/network file<BR /><BR />--<BR />NETWORKING=yes<BR />HOSTNAME=xos1.investmenttool.com<BR />GATEWAY=192.168.0.1<BR />--<BR /><BR />Notice there is nothing about the IP address of the system in there.<BR /><BR />See /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0<BR /><BR />That is the primary network/ip configuration. It can contain hostname directives but generally does not.<BR /><BR />SEP Thu, 20 Oct 2005 13:35:15 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/uname-a-reports-ip-address-of-the-machine-and-not-the-hostname/m-p/3653922#M20201 Steven E. Protter 2005-10-20T13:35:15Z Re: uname -a reports IP address of the machine and not the hostname https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/uname-a-reports-ip-address-of-the-machine-and-not-the-hostname/m-p/3653923#M20202 Is hostname command execution returning hostname. Else set as hostname "hostname"<BR /><BR />Check /etc/sysconfig/network file and interface files. Restart network script in /etc/init.d/net file.<BR /><BR />hth.<BR /><BR /> Fri, 21 Oct 2005 03:37:03 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/uname-a-reports-ip-address-of-the-machine-and-not-the-hostname/m-p/3653923#M20202 Muthukumar_5 2005-10-21T03:37:03Z Re: uname -a reports IP address of the machine and not the hostname https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/uname-a-reports-ip-address-of-the-machine-and-not-the-hostname/m-p/3653924#M20203 It is /etc/init.d/network not /etc/init.d/net. Sorry i confused with HPUX :(. <BR /><BR />thx. Fri, 21 Oct 2005 03:39:31 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/uname-a-reports-ip-address-of-the-machine-and-not-the-hostname/m-p/3653924#M20203 Muthukumar_5 2005-10-21T03:39:31Z