Changing the hostname

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This is my 3rd or 4th time creating a LAMP stack from a Ubuntu 24.04LTS 
server that is a guest on VirtualBox.

I'm taking copious notes.  Couple more times might flesh out everything 
I need to know... YIKES!!!

Thanks for the encouragement!!






On 2024-08-19 16:31, greg zegan wrote:
> Did that work?
> Great question by the way.
> 
>  On Monday, August 19, 2024 at 04:30:31 PM MST, Keith Smith via
> PLUG-discuss <plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
> 
> Solution  :  hostnamectl set-hostname --transient <hostname>
> 
> It appears there is a thing called transient hostname.
> 
> On 2024-08-19 09:10, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I am changing the hostname on Ubuntu 24.04LTS server.
>> 
>> I do the following:
>> 
>> Change the hostname using sudo vi /etc/hostname
>> Change the hostname using sudo vi /etc/hosts
>> Restart : sudo systemctl restart systemd-hostnamed
>> Verify with : hostnamectl which returns the new hostname
>> 
>> However when I issue the command "hostname" it gives me the old
>> hostname.
>> 
>> When I do a reboot the command hostname give the new hostname.
>> 
>> Any thoughts why this is?
>> 
>> Thanks!!
>> Keith
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