Jeffrey Walton <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Sep 30, 2026 at 11:46 AM Chris Green <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > What's the 'right' way to set a system's domain name permanenty (i.e. > > doesn't get lost when you reboot) on Debian systems? > > hostnamectl(1), but that's assuming you are running a typical Debian > install. See > <https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/hostnamectl.html> > and <https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/hostname.html>. > > If you are not running a typical install, then you need to state what > you are using from Debian. > But hostnamectl doesn't set a domain does it? There's certainly nothing about setting domain name in the man page for hostnamectl.
-- Chris Green ·

