A systems administrator clones copies of a Linux VM every time a new Linux server is needed. The administrator notices the command prompt always states localhost.localdomain . Which of the following should the administrator run to have the command prompt consistently labeled as Server1 rather than ?
A) host Server1
B) echo "127.0.0.1 Server1 Server1.localdomain" /etc/hosts
C) hostnamectl set-hostname "Server1" --pretty
D) hostnamectl set-hostname Server1 --transient
E) hostnamectl set-hostname Server1.localdomain --static

Question

A systems administrator clones copies of a Linux VM every time a new Linux server is needed. The administrator notices the command prompt always states localhost.localdomain . Which of the following should the administrator run to have the command prompt consistently labeled as Server1 rather than ?
A) host Server1
B) echo "127.0.0.1 Server1 Server1.localdomain" >> /etc/hosts
C) hostnamectl set-hostname "Server1" --pretty
D) hostnamectl set-hostname Server1 --transient
E) hostnamectl set-hostname Server1.localdomain --static

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The command `hostnamectl set-hostname "Server1" --pretty` sets the pretty hostname of the system to "Server1", which will change the command prompt to display "Server1" consistently.

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