Ubuntu
gnome-control-center package

Changing the device name does not update /etc/hosts

Bug #922567 reported by Manuel de la Peña
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This bug affects 3 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
gnome-control-center (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Low
Unassigned

Bug Description

If a user changes the device name from the gnome-control-center the /ect/hosts file will continue to use the old host name:

Steps to reproduce:

1. Launch gnome-control-center
2. Go to System Info
3. Change device name
4. Close control center
5. sudo cat /etc/hosts

See original description
Victor Vargas (kamus)
description: updated
Rick Spencer (rick-rickspencer3)
Changed in gnome-control-center (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Canonical Desktop Team (canonical-desktop-team)
Revision history for this message
Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thank you for your bug report, how do you change the name? The field is not editable there. The code seems to rely on http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/hostnamed and /etc/machine-data which we don't have on Ubuntu (yet) it seems since we don't use systemd

Changed in gnome-control-center (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Incomplete
Revision history for this message
Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

unassiging the team from the desktop team, we are not working on it

Changed in gnome-control-center (Ubuntu):
assignee: Canonical Desktop Team (canonical-desktop-team) → nobody
status: Incomplete → New
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in gnome-control-center (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Matthew Allen (whosdaz) wrote :

Still active on Ubuntu Gnome 16.04 Daily Release.

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