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To confirm, that the installation and configuration has been finished successfully, perform following steps:

  1. To display the hostname execute the following command:
    # hostname
    This command should only display the hostname of the Linux server (e.g.: fscbackend).
  2. To display the fully qualified domain name, execute the following command:
    # hostname -f
    This command should display the hostname and the domain (e.g.: fscbackend.sub.comp.com).
  3. localhost has to be resolved. Execute the following command:
    # ping localhost
    Note: Press Ctrl + C to end the command ping.
  4. localhost.localdomain has to be resolved. Execute the following command:
    # ping localhost.localdomain
    Note: Press Ctrl + C to end the command ping.
  5. ping <computer name> has to work. Execute the following command:
    # ping fscbackend
    Note: Press Ctrl + C to end the command ping.
  6. ping <computer name>.<domain name> has to work. Execute the following command:
    # ping fscbackend.sub.comp.com
    Note: Press Ctrl + C to end the command ping.

The Red Hat Linux installation has been tested on hostname and domain.