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Old 02-06-2008
Hostname - System Name

Hello

Can anyone tell me the difference between a hostname and system name in UNIX?.

Rgds

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Old 02-06-2008
I believe system name in solaris refers to the operating system name. The host name is the actual name of the server.
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Old 02-06-2008
There is the output of the command "uname -n" which the docs call "nodename". Posix says: "nodename shall contain the name of this node within an implementation-defined communications network." And there is the output of the command "hostname" and Posix says nothing at all.

What we now call nodename came first and was not really standardized enough to be used in a real network. "hostname" was intended to be very standardized and matched to the Internet standards. Most people set them to the same thing.

The output of "uname -s" has nothing to do with either, it identifies the OS and this is what is called system name. Typical values are HP-UX or SunOS.
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Old 02-07-2008
Ok , many thanks for the information.

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