I just want to add, this is not minor. If you don't update /etc/hosts then sudo hangs, which in our case breaks automation.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to systemd in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1162475 Title: [hostnamed] Changing hostname doesn't update /etc/hosts Status in gnome-control-center package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in systemd package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in unity-control-center package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in gnome-control-center package in Debian: Fix Released Bug description: GUI --- 1a. Run sudo gnome-control-center, or... 1b. Save the gnome-control-center.pkla from https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-desktop/gnome-control-center/ubuntu/revision/556 to /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/10-vendor.d/ and then run gnome-control-center as an admin user 2. Enter the Details panel 3. The "Device name" (hostname) text field should be editable; change the text to something else. 4. The hostname is updated instantly which can be verified by looking in /etc/hostname. However /etc/hosts/ is not updated. Command line ------------ hostnamectl set-hostname The hostnamed documentation at http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/hostnamed says "To properly handle name lookups with changing local hostnames without having to edit /etc/hosts for them we recommend using hostnamed in combination with nss-myhostname: http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/nss-myhostname/ " Without /etc/hosts being handled correctly, the hostnamed integration is only half-working. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.6.3-0ubuntu18 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-15.25-generic 3.8.4 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-15-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sun Mar 31 08:52:57 2013 MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: gnome-control-center UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) usr_lib_gnome-control-center: activity-log-manager-control-center 0.9.4-0ubuntu6.1 deja-dup 26.0-0ubuntu1 gnome-control-center-signon 0.1.5-0ubuntu1 gnome-control-center-unity 1.2daily13.02.15-0ubuntu1 indicator-datetime 12.10.3daily13.03.26-0ubuntu1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/1162475/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp