echo "Setting hostname";
if echo $hostname > /etc/hostname || \
        /bin/hostname -F /etc/hostname || \
        sed -i "s/HOSTNAME=.*/HOSTNAME=$hostname/" /etc/sysconfig/network
then
        echo "Failed to set the hostname";
        exit 1;
else
        echo "Hostname set in /etc/hostname and /etc/sysconfig/network";
fi