On Sun, 28 Aug 2016 21:33:29 -0500 o1bigtenor via talk <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 8:41 PM, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk > <[email protected]> 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 > like a recipe for disaster to me!!!
my take is that the subject line says exactly what the problem is, that and that there is a "highlander" thing ongoing... 2c Andre --- Talk Mailing List [email protected] https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
