Re: [GTALUG] overengineering: hostnamectl
On 08/29/2016 09:19 AM, ac via talk 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
On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 8:41 PM, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote: like a recipe for disaster to me!!! my take is that the subject line says exactly what the problem is,
On Sun, 28 Aug 2016 21:33:29 -0500 o1bigtenor via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote: that and that there is a "highlander" thing ongoing...
When you say "highlander" do you mean the car, the movie, the TV show, or the games? -- Alvin Starr || voice: (905)513-7688 Netvel Inc. || Cell: (416)806-0133 alvin@netvel.net ||
On Mon, 29 Aug 2016 10:15:11 -0400 Alvin Starr <alvin@netvel.net> wrote:
On 08/29/2016 09:19 AM, ac via talk 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
On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 8:41 PM, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote: things to all systems, covering every background detail - - - - that sounds like a recipe for disaster to me!!! my take is that the subject line says exactly what the problem is,
On Sun, 28 Aug 2016 21:33:29 -0500 o1bigtenor via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote: that and that there is a "highlander" thing ongoing...
When you say "highlander" do you mean the car, the movie, the TV show, or the games?
there can only be one :)
participants (2)
-
ac -
Alvin Starr