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** Changed in: network-manager (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/486908 Title: Networkmanager resets the hostname to "localhost" if there is a missing plugin Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Binary package hint: network-manager My /etc/NetworkManager/nm-system-settings.conf file had a reference to a missing plugin in its [plugins] section. So I got an error about "plugin missing" in my /var/log/daemons.log And because of this networkmanager resets my hostname to "localhost" WTF? Networkmanager MUST NEVER EVEN TOUCH my hostname. It is simply NOT UP TO NETWORKMANAGER to mess with my hostname. It's none of its business. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/486908/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp