Mac OS X: Setting the Hostname

Apple doesn't follow the canonical UNIX conventions for setting the host computer name. Instead of an entry in /etc/hosts, /etc/hostconfig is used.

Edit the line which says

HOSTNAME=-AUTOMATIC-

to look like

HOSTNAME=rosencrantz.geektimes.com

Restarting the daemon, or rebooting, will result in the hostname command working as expected.

Of course domainname is still broken...

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