| 1 |
On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 2:39 AM, Daniel Campbell <zlg@g.o> wrote: |
| 2 |
> |
| 3 |
> It makes a bit more sense to rely on previous configuration |
| 4 |
> (/etc/conf.d/hostname) and write a tiny 'script' that populates |
| 5 |
> /etc/hostname. bash could do it (naively) in two lines: |
| 6 |
> |
| 7 |
> source /etc/conf.d/hostname |
| 8 |
> echo "$hostname" > /etc/hostname |
| 9 |
> |
| 10 |
|
| 11 |
Seems to me that symlinking /proc/sys/kernel/hostname would be |
| 12 |
simpler. Also, more reliable, because there are other ways the |
| 13 |
hostname could be set other than from /etc/conf.d/hostname. The |
| 14 |
hostname can also change. |
| 15 |
|
| 16 |
-- |
| 17 |
Rich |
Archives