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#1 2012-11-25 07:55:49
- dpx3001
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- Registered: 2011-08-17
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hostnamectl set-hostname fails
Hey guys,
I was long time arch user before and I got back to arch now. Of course systemd is not something I used to know. I am setting small headless linode setup and now I got to the point where I need to set hostname.
When I shh into linode and try to execute:
hostnamectl set-hostname something
I get response:
Error getting authority: Error initializing authority: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1: Timeout was reached (g-io-error-quark, 24)
Failed to issue method call: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.
Systemd is installed and should be active since I used latest 2012.10 linode image as a base install. I am not sure where to look next, googling does not reveal any similar error.
Any ideas?
Thanks.
Update:
cat /proc/1/comm returns systemd so I do have systemd installed and running.
Last edited by dpx3001 (2012-11-25 08:15:16)
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#3 2012-11-25 18:37:10
- dpx3001
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- Registered: 2011-08-17
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Re: hostnamectl set-hostname fails
polkit isn't installed. systemd-196 removes the requirement for polkit when running as root, and really, you could just write to /etc/hostname yourself.
Thanks. I just tried to install polkit and it seems to be there already:
warning: polkit-0.107-4 is up to date -- reinstalling
I could write to /etc/hostname myself of course but since I am bit rusty with latest arch I was not sure if that is still valid way to set hostname properly. Will do it now.
I get similar error while trying to set time zone too. I can set time zone manually of course, just thought to mention that since it is the same problem.
Thanks for your help.
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