To my mind, getting familiar with the newer 'ctl' commands that come with systemd is no bad idea.I like the consistency, personally.The 'systemctl' command is one to be used all the time particularly.
-- James B portoteache...@fastmail.com Em Qua, 24 Fev ʼ21, às 00:22, James B escreveu: > With systemd-based Debian, the probably now best way to set a hostname is > with: > > hostnamectl set-hostname NAME > > What Tom suggested is completely valid, but hostnamectl should I > understand be the preferred route as I believe it will update > everything necessary automatically.Doing it this way will also be a > persistent change. > > James > -- > James B > portoteache...@fastmail.com > > Em Ter, 23 Fev ʼ21, às 19:29, Tom Browder escreveu: > > On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 11:59 AM Gene Heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote: > > ... > > > Nothing I do survives a reboot, so what do I do to actually rename the > > > machine and make it stick? Hopefully without losiing the networking > > > > Hey, Gene. I usually have to fiddle around a little, but I've always > > had success on Debian this way (as root): > > > > # hostname TLM > > > > edit /etc/hostname and set the desired name to TLM if it's not > > already changed > > > > I also edit /etc/hosts and make the first couple of lines look like this: > > > > 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain.com localhost > > 127.0.1.1 TLM.geneslinuxbox.net TLM > > > > Then reboot and cross your fingers. > > > > Blessings, > > > > -Tom > > > > P.S. Keep your powder dry! > > > > > >
