Re: RFC: Change the default hostname for Fedora 26+

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On 11/09/2016 12:58 PM, Przemek Klosowski wrote:
> On 11/09/2016 08:02 AM, Simo Sorce wrote:
>> Although this is true, one thing we could do is set a default hostname
>> that is static ("fedora" or similar is fine), and teach the utilities
>> used to join an AD/IPA/etc.. domain to generate a new random hostname if
>> they detect the hostname is the generic "static" one.
> The hostname is used in the install-time-generated disk volume names
> (/dev/mapper/fedora_myhostname-home), so changing it is confusing.
> Would it make sense to leave the old names? or rename the volumes?
> 

That's actually another classic problem: the fact that the default hostname is
used for creating the partitions often causes issues for people who try to do a
new installation atop older Fedora installations.


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