Ubuntu
hostname package

start hostname: hostname stop/waiting

Asked by Tong Sun

Hi,

How to change hostname permanently without a reboot?

I've changed my /etc/hostname /etc/hosts, and want the system to reflect that.
In pure Debian, a /etc/init.d/hostname start will do, but in Ubuntu:

% /etc/init.d/hostname start
Rather than invoking init scripts through /etc/init.d, use the service(8)
utility, e.g. service hostname start

Since the script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an
Upstart job, you may also use the start(8) utility, e.g. start hostname
hostname stop/waiting

% start hostname
hostname stop/waiting

What does this "hostname stop/waiting" mean here?
How to change hostname permanently without a reboot?

Thanks

PS Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick

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This question was originally filed as bug #662469.

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Lorenzo De Liso (blackz) said : 		#1

Thank you for taking the time to report this issue and helping to make Ubuntu better. Examining the information you have given us, this does not appear to be a bug report so we are closing it and converting it to a question in the support tracker. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but it would make more sense to raise problems you are having in the support tracker at https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu if you are uncertain if they are bugs. For help on reporting bugs, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs .

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Tong Sun (suntong001) said : 		#2

> this does not appear to be a bug report

Sorry but I have a feeling that you judgment all come from merely the 1st sentence, not anything follows. Because all that follows, are methods proven to be working in other distros, Debian included. I've exhausted them all, but nothing works for Ubuntu.

If this "question" can't be answered in time, I'll convert it back to a bug report.

thanks

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) said : 		#3

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