Re: getting fqdn from gethostname on a hamm box
On Tue, Aug 25, 1998 at 03:06:09PM -0700, Alan Su wrote:
> when i call gethostname() on my hamm, it returns only the name of the
> machine, rather than a fqdn. i distinctly remember that when i was
> running bo, i got a fqdn. does anyone know how i can make it return
> the fqdn? or is there another function i should be using? thanks.
>
> (btw, getdomainname() returns "(none)", which suggests to me that
> something else is going on here. am i right?)
I had this at work the other day, the problem was /etc/hosts:
1.2.3.4 name name.domain.com
rather than
1.2.3.4 name.domain.com name
which works much better
Adrian
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