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Re: /etc/hostname



On Thu, May 29, 2003 at 03:43:56PM +0400, Nikita V. Youshchenko wrote:
> Should /etc/hostname contain only short hostname, or FQDN name?
> Is this documented anywhere?
> 
> I've always thougth that /etc/hostname should contain short hostname.
> But e.g. etherconf package puts FQDN name there ...

Eh, file a bug I guess. The short name goes to hostname, and the domain goes
to hosts (and resolv.conf to be nicer). I've never seen it done differently
on Debian systems.

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