#!/bin/sh export PATH=$PATH:/usr/bin VM_HOSTNAME=`vmtoolsd --cmd="info-get guestinfo.hostname"` hostnamectl set-hostname $VM_HOSTNAME cat /etc/hosts | grep -v 127.0.1.1 > /tmp/myhostname echo "127.0.1.1 $VM_HOSTNAME" >> /tmp/myhostname mv /tmp/myhostname /etc/hosts