Hi, I take a look to the bash source.
The hostname was only read on startup. So you must relogin after changing your hostname. It was tested on 13.10 and 14.04. Jörg ** Changed in: bash (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1276796 Title: bash fails to provide FQDN for PS1 with \H To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bash/+bug/1276796/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs