how to set the hostname or username at commamd promt ? where to set password le

how to set the hostname or username at commamd promt ?
where to set password length,max and min ?

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how to set the hostname or username at commamd promt ? where to set password length,max and min ?..

Set password length edit /etc/default/password file and
modify max length and min length.

#hostname kiran
#hostname
kiran
to update it permanently update file
/etc/hosts
/etc/inet/ipnodes
/etc/nodename
/etc/hosts.nic

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how to set the hostname or username at commamd promt ? where to set password length,max and min ?..

Answer / raviga006

edit u r .profile

add this two lines
PS1="\h:\w:> "
export PS1

then u r .profile like . /.profile

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how to set the hostname or username at commamd promt ? where to set password length,max and min ?..

Answer / ramkumar

#hostname xxxxxx
#hostname
xxxxxx
And to set it permanently add entries in /etc/hosts
and /etc/sysconfig/network and restart the service
To set password length edit /etc/default/password file

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