Best way to set local hostname for all DEs?

Post#1 by **Rava** » 31 Aug 2023, 08:41

What is the best way to set the local hostname for all DEs, so that it is used and displayed correctly, be it a terminal program or a GUI program, regardless of what DE I use.

I load my settings.xzm as last (named e.g. 095-settings-YYYY-MM-DD.xzm) but it would be appreciated when you also give the info where the file is located in base modules so that any user knows how to put the needed tweak(s) into her/his system so that the default never overrides the adjusted settings.

Post#2 by **fulalas** » 31 Aug 2023, 09:25

/etc/HOSTNAME

Is this what you want?

Post#3 by **Rava** » 31 Aug 2023, 09:29

^
Seems like that's it.

Could it be that some packages for net based programs have their own /etc/HOSTNAME - thus overwriting the system's settings?
Or is that file never part of any program package and left alone for the system itself (as it should be)

Post#4 by **Blaze** » 31 Aug 2023, 10:30

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su
toor
netconfig

Post#5 by **Rava** » 31 Aug 2023, 10:37

Blaze wrote: ↑
31 Aug 2023, 10:30
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su
toor
netconfig

At least for uname -a I did not have to do anything, or maybe uname is one of the few programs that look into /etc/HOSTNAME themselves?

And I prefer a simple setup file (especially when it's just a one-line file like /etc/HOSTNAME) to a menu based journey that is netconfig. Still I appreciate the tip, maybe others will prefer it doing with netconfig.

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