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I had no idea that hostnamectl was a thing until today.
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[root@localhost ~]# hostnamectl
Static hostname: db1
Icon name: computer-vm
Chassis: vm
Machine ID: 2943f0a6e8260542b59535a148fe8041
Boot ID: b1df3ce3fc5b495a8e7d611c66d13935
Virtualization: kvm
Operating System: Fedora 19 (Schrödinger’s Cat)
CPE OS Name: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:19
Kernel: Linux 3.9.5-301.fc19.x86_64
Architecture: x86_64
[root@localhost ~]# hostnamectl --help
hostnamectl [OPTIONS...] COMMAND ...
Query or change system hostname.
-h --help Show this help
--version Show package version
--transient Only set transient hostname
--static Only set static hostname
--pretty Only set pretty hostname
--no-ask-password Do not prompt for password
-H --host=[USER@]HOST Operate on remote host
Commands:
status Show current hostname settings
set-hostname NAME Set system hostname
set-icon-name NAME Set icon name for host
set-chassis NAME Set chassis type for host
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srgvg commented Jul 12, 2013

Seems to be a systemd utility, installed on my ubuntu, not sure of that is by default.

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