RFE: add --hostname option (requires --unshare-uts) #10

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1. jcoffland commented on Aug 27, 2026

   

   jcoffland

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   Good idea. What I've been doing is setting PS1 in .bashrc.

   export PS1="($SANDBOX) $PS1"
   

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2. jcoffland commented on Aug 27, 2026

   

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   sbx actually uses the contents of /etc/skel to create sandboxed home dirs. You could add something like this to the end of /etc/skel/.bashrc:

   if [ -n "$SANDBOX" ]; then
     export PS1="($SANDBOX) $PS1"
   if

   This way every sandbox that has a home directory would show its name in the prompt without having to unshare UTS.

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3. plaimbock commented on Aug 27, 2026

   

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   Thank you for your very quick solutions :-) I found another way to do it in global.yml:

   • args: [--clearenv, --unshare-pid, --unshare-uts, --hostname, sandbox]
     That's ugly but it works. --hostname sandbox does not work as it is quoted in the final bwrap command.