-### begin set hostname
-echo $HOSTNAME > /etc/hostname
-sed -i '/^127\.0\.1\.1/d' /etc/hosts
-echo "127.0.1.1 $HOSTNAME" >> /etc/hosts
-hostname -F /etc/hostname
-### end set hostname
+# ssh host keys
+# note, $BASH_SOURCE is not defined here under fai.
+src=$(dirname "$0")/p/c/machine_specific/$HOSTNAME/filesystem/etc/ssh
+dst=$target/etc/ssh
+if [[ -e $src && -e $dst ]]; then
+ # outside of fai context, we skip this
+ cp -rT $src $dst
+fi