On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 8:41 PM, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk
<talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
How do you set the hostname of a Linux machine? It used to be you
just put it in the file /etc/hostname.
snip
To be honest, what bothers me is that there seem to be several
different models of what a hostname is. It would be nice if we
actually could delete some of these interfaces, and merge some
others, leaving behind only one model. Maybe the SystemD model is
that one.
Hmmmmmm - - - as it was explained to me systemd wants to be ALL things
to all systems, covering every background detail - - - - that sounds
like a recipe for disaster to me!!!