Preparing Hosts File

1. The _/etc/hosts file must contain a fully qualified name of the server. You can check your fully qualified name by typing the command:

1. Change the _hosts file_:

1. Make sure that the document has a line in the following format:

<IP-address> <machine-name> <fully-qualified-machine-name>

For example:

192.168.2.2 oraclelinux19c oraclelinux19c.localdomain

1. You can find the machine-name by checking at what follows after the @ character on the terminal. For example:

›_ Console

#root@oraclelinux19c

1. Set or change the correct hostname (fully qualified name) in the _{/etc/hostname} file by typing the command:

1. Make sure that the document has the following line (change "oraclelinux19c" with your machine name):

oraclelinux19c.localdomain

1. You can find your IP address by using the _ifconfig command_.