MYNAME(5) | File Formats Manual | MYNAME(5)

# NAME

`myname` — default hostname

# DESCRIPTION

The `myname` file is read by rc(8) at system startup time.

/etc/myname contains the symbolic name of the host machine. The file should contain a single line specifying the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the system (e.g. host.example.com). The name must be resolvable, either by matching a hostname specified in /etc/hosts (see hosts(5)) or through DNS (see resolv.conf(5)). The hostname is set via the hostname(1) utility at boot time. See hostname(7) for a description of hostname resolution.

Empty lines and lines beginning with ‘#’ are ignored.

# FILES

/etc/myname
  Default hostname.

# SEE ALSO

hostname(1), hostname.if(5), hosts(5), resolv.conf(5), hostname(7), rc(8)

# HISTORY

Support for the file /etc/myname first appeared in 386BSD 0.1.

March 29, 2025 | Debian