Description of problem: When running systemd in a container based on CentOS 8 Stream, the systemd-hostnamed.service is reported failed. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): systemd-239-76.el8.x86_64 How reproducible: Deterministic. Steps to Reproduce: 1. podman run --name centos-8-stream --rm -ti quay.io/centos/centos:stream8 /usr/sbin/init 2. From another terminal podman exec centos-8-stream systemctl status systemd-hostnamed.service Actual results: systemd 239 (239-76.el8) running in system mode. (+PAM +AUDIT +SELINUX +IMA -APPARMOR +SMACK +SYSVINIT +UTMP +LIBCRYPTSETUP +GCRYPT +GNUTLS +ACL +XZ +LZ4 +SECCOMP +BLKID +ELFUTILS +KMOD +IDN2 -IDN +PCRE2 default-hierarchy=legacy) Detected virtualization container-other. Detected architecture x86-64. Welcome to CentOS Stream 8! Set hostname to <a73b28b84f63>. Initializing machine ID from container UUID. [ OK ] Listening on initctl Compatibility Named Pipe. [ OK ] Listening on Journal Socket. [ OK ] Reached target Local File Systems. -.slice: Failed to set memory.min: Operation not permitted -.slice: Failed to set memory.low: Operation not permitted -.slice: Failed to set memory.high: Operation not permitted -.slice: Failed to set memory.max: Operation not permitted -.slice: Failed to set memory.swap.max: Operation not permitted -.slice: Failed to set pids.max: Operation not permitted Starting Rebuild Dynamic Linker Cache... [ OK ] Started Forward Password Requests to Wall Directory Watch. [ OK ] Reached target Remote File Systems. [ OK ] Started Dispatch Password Requests to Console Directory Watch. [ OK ] Reached target Paths. [ OK ] Reached target Slices. [ OK ] Reached target Local Encrypted Volumes. Starting Read and set NIS domainname from /etc/sysconfig/network... Starting Rebuild Journal Catalog... Starting Create System Users... Starting Rebuild Hardware Database... [ OK ] Listening on Journal Socket (/dev/log). Starting Journal Service... [ OK ] Reached target Swap. [ OK ] Listening on Process Core Dump Socket. [ OK ] Started Rebuild Dynamic Linker Cache. [ OK ] Started Read and set NIS domainname from /etc/sysconfig/network. [ OK ] Started Rebuild Journal Catalog. [ OK ] Started Create System Users. [ OK ] Started Rebuild Hardware Database. Starting Update is Completed... [ OK ] Started Update is Completed. [ OK ] Started Journal Service. Starting Flush Journal to Persistent Storage... [ OK ] Started Flush Journal to Persistent Storage. Starting Create Volatile Files and Directories... [ OK ] Started Create Volatile Files and Directories. Starting Update UTMP about System Boot/Shutdown... [ OK ] Started Update UTMP about System Boot/Shutdown. [ OK ] Reached target System Initialization. [ OK ] Started Daily Cleanup of Temporary Directories. [ OK ] Listening on D-Bus System Message Bus Socket. [ OK ] Reached target Sockets. [ OK ] Started dnf makecache --timer. [ OK ] Reached target Timers. [ OK ] Reached target Basic System. [ OK ] Started D-Bus System Message Bus. Starting Network Manager... Starting Restore /run/initramfs on shutdown... [ OK ] Started Restore /run/initramfs on shutdown. [ OK ] Started Network Manager. [ OK ] Reached target Network. Starting Permit User Sessions... Starting Network Manager Wait Online... Starting Hostname Service... [FAILED] Failed to start Hostname Service. See 'systemctl status systemd-hostnamed.service' for details. [ OK ] Started Permit User Sessions. [ OK ] Reached target Multi-User System. Starting Update UTMP about System Runlevel Changes... [ OK ] Started Update UTMP about System Runlevel Changes. [ OK ] Started Network Manager Wait Online. Starting Network Manager Script Dispatcher Service... [ OK ] Reached target Network is Online. [ OK ] Started Network Manager Script Dispatcher Service. ● systemd-hostnamed.service - Hostname Service Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-hostnamed.service; static; vendor preset: disabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Wed 2023-07-19 07:18:49 UTC; 32s ago Docs: man:systemd-hostnamed.service(8) man:hostname(5) man:machine-info(5) https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/hostnamed Process: 34 ExecStart=/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-hostnamed (code=exited, status=225/NETWORK) Main PID: 34 (code=exited, status=225/NETWORK) Jul 19 07:18:49 a73b28b84f63 systemd[1]: Starting Hostname Service... Jul 19 07:18:49 a73b28b84f63 systemd[34]: systemd-hostnamed.service: Failed to set up network namespacing: Operation not permitted Jul 19 07:18:49 a73b28b84f63 systemd[34]: systemd-hostnamed.service: Failed at step NETWORK spawning /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-hostnamed: Operation not permitted Jul 19 07:18:49 a73b28b84f63 systemd[1]: systemd-hostnamed.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=225/NETWORK Jul 19 07:18:49 a73b28b84f63 systemd[1]: systemd-hostnamed.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Jul 19 07:18:49 a73b28b84f63 systemd[1]: Failed to start Hostname Service. Expected results: Nothing failing out of box. Additional info: On CentOS Stream 9 container with systems installed, the service reports ○ systemd-hostnamed.service - Hostname Service Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-hostnamed.service; static) Drop-In: /usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-hostnamed.service.d └─disable-privatedevices.conf Active: inactive (dead) Docs: man:systemd-hostnamed.service(8) man:hostname(5) man:machine-info(5) man:org.freedesktop.resolve1(5) With registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8-init the service reports ● systemd-hostnamed.service - Hostname Service Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-hostnamed.service; static; vendor preset: disabled) Active: inactive (dead) Docs: man:systemd-hostnamed.service(8) man:hostname(5) man:machine-info(5) https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/hostnamed