Hello Dear Community
I'm not able to change the hostname on my FreeBSD droplet from the one I was to create it.
I added this line hostname="new.host.name" to my /etc/rc.conf, rebooted many time
but my droplet still keeps my original hostname I've chosen when creating it.
Is It a DigitalOcean issue ?
Regards
This question was answered by @matthewa:
The problem appears to be in the
/etc/rc.d/hostnamescript... elif [ -n "`/bin/hostname -s`" ]; then return ...if the hostname is already set, then it aborts, so no overriding. Solution maybe to edit the hostname name from all the
rc.digitalocean.d/*.conf-- so that the default action happens as expected, although I am currently unsure as to whether these configuration files will be overridden at a later date by DO automation?
I found the solution.
This file /etc/rc.digitalocean.d/droplet.conf must be edited because it overwrites the hostname="new.host.name" entry in /etc/rc.conf
Regards
Although this will work, is this really the correct way to do it? Considering that
load_rc_config()inrc.subrin fact will try/etc/rc.digitalocean.d/before trying/etc/rc.conf, I'm under the impression the intended behavior was to override hostname in/etc/rc.conf.Feel free to correct me; I only took a quick glance at the rc scripts.
The problem appears to be in the
/etc/rc.d/hostnamescriptif the hostname is already set, then it aborts, so no overriding. Solution maybe to edit the hostname name from all the
rc.digitalocean.d/*.conf-- so that the default action happens as expected, although I am currently unsure as to whether these configuration files will be overridden at a later date by DO automation?