28 Aug
2016
28 Aug
'16
7:33 p.m.
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!!! Dee (relying on the reports of those with far more experience than I!!)