Re: Domain name to use on home networks

["Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com>]

On Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 09:30:09AM -0400, Pocket wrote:
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> Sent from my iPad
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> > On Oct 27, 2023, at 9:05 AM, Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> wrote:
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> > On Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 07:59:00AM -0400, Pocket wrote:
> >>> On 10/27/23 07:50, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> >>> On Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 07:29:20AM -0400, Pocket wrote:
> >>>> /etc/hosts
> >>> If you're using short-form hostnames like this:
> >>> 
> >>> unicorn:~$ hostname
> >>> unicorn
> >>> 
> >>> then yeah, that's all you need.  If you're using long-form hostnames
> >>> (with dots in them), then you also need to configure /etc/hostname.
> >>> 

hostnamectl set-hostname is the command to do it - and will survive a reboot.

Andy