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On 08/29/2016 09:19 AM, ac via talk wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">On Sun, 28 Aug 2016 21:33:29 -0500
o1bigtenor via talk <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:talk@gtalug.org"><talk@gtalug.org></a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 8:41 PM, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk
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<pre wrap="">How do you set the hostname of a Linux machine? It used to be you
just put it in the file /etc/hostname.
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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.
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<pre wrap="">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!!!
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my take is that the subject line says exactly what the problem is,
that and that there is a "highlander" thing ongoing...
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When you say "highlander" do you mean the car, the movie, the TV
show, or the games?<br>
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