[systemd-devel] hostnamectl reapplying the same hostname

[Thomas HUMMEL]

On 16/06/2020 10:08, Lennart Poettering wrote:
> On Mo, 25.05.20 16:19, Thomas HUMMEL (thomas.hummel at pasteur.fr) wrote:
> 
>> Hello,
>>
>> the point below has been buried at the end one of a previous thread. So feel
>> free to ignore it if you find it irrelevant.
>>
>> With systemd-239 on linux 4.18.0 (CentOS 8.1), why does hostnamectl --static
>> set-hostname <name> instantly sets the transient hostname to <name> *only*
>> when <name> is not the current static hostname ?
> 
> There's a shortcut in place: if you change a hostname to what it is
> already set to things are NOPs, and won't generate security incidents
> and so on.

Ok, get it. Thanks.

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Thomas HUMMEL