Re: Should /etc/hostname contain the whole FQDN?

[Jeff D <fixedored@gmail.com>]

On Fri, 31 Aug 2007, Jonathan Wilson wrote:

> Can anyone who /knows/ tell me what the proper officially correct ways of
> setting the hostname and the FQDN are, please?
>
> Thanks,
>
> 	JW
>
>
> --

in /etc/hostname :
myhostname
in /etc/hosts:
10.0.0.120 myhostname.mydomain.com  myhostname


set those then run /etc/init.d/hostname.sh as root, this gets ran at boot 
up, but you can run it and reset the hostname this way.

now when I run  hostname -f I get my FQDN, you'll have to restart any 
services that rely on this as well after changing it.



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