On Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 12:46:16PM -0400, gene heskett wrote: > So this is what I get now: > gene@coyote:/etc$ dnsdomainname > home.arpa > gene@coyote:/etc$ hostname > coyote.home.arpa > gene@coyote:/etc$ cat hostname > coyote > Is that correct and will it withstand a reboot?
Your hostname will go back to "coyote" at reboot, which is good, because that's what it was originally, and clearly what it's supposed to be. If you want it to go back to the original hostname without needing to reboot, you can run "sudo hostname coyote" to change it immediately.
