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| -rw-r--r-- | cloudinit/distros/__init__.py | 12 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/cloudinit/distros/__init__.py b/cloudinit/distros/__init__.py index 07f03159..c6427401 100644 --- a/cloudinit/distros/__init__.py +++ b/cloudinit/distros/__init__.py @@ -128,8 +128,16 @@ class Distro(object): raise NotImplementedError() def _apply_hostname(self, hostname): - LOG.debug("Setting system hostname to %s", hostname) - util.subp(['hostname', hostname]) + # This really only sets the hostname + # temporarily (until reboot so it should + # not be depended on). Use the write + # hostname functions for 'permanent' adjustments. + LOG.debug("Temporarily setting the system hostname to %s", hostname) + try: + util.subp(['hostname', hostname]) + except util.ProcessExecutionError: + util.logexc(LOG, ("Failed to temporarily adjust" + " the system hostname to %s"), hostname) def update_hostname(self, hostname, prev_hostname_fn): if not hostname: |