Where is the computer network name set and stored ?

[Darryl L. Pierce]

On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 12:24:42AM -0600, linux guy wrote:
> When one installs F15 (KDE) via the Live ISO, the second part of the install
> process asks the user to set the computer network name, ie
> localhost at localdomain.
> 
> When one changes localhost to another name, it shows up in the DHCP clients
> table of my Linksys E4200 router page.  I like that.
> 
> Where is this name stored ?  How does one change what its set to ?
> 
> $ cat /etc/hosts
> 127.0.0.1               localhost.localdomain localhost
> ::1             localhost6.localdomain6 localhost6
> 
> Thanks

The system's hostname is set by the HOSTNAME field in
/etc/sysconfig/network

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