Why system set localhost.localdomain as hostname after instllation of OS?

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • After installing a fresh OS, the system set localhost.localdomain as the hostname instead of an actual fully qualified domain name.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Kickstart
  • Anaconda

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