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How to manage host in Linux?

54.How to manage host in Linux?
Ans.
1. On the hosts tab of the network configuration tool, we can add, edit or remove hosts from the ‘/etc/hosts’ file.

2. The file contains IP addresses and their corresponding hostnames.

3. In the Enterprise Linux choose Application--> System settings --> network.

4. Click the hosts tab from the Network configuration dialog box.

5. Click new from the toolbar to open the ‘add/edit hosts entry’ dialog box.

6. Enter the hostname and its IP address, if there is an alias for the host-name, enter it as well.

7. Click ok to add the entry to the list.

8. Choose file-save to save your changes.

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