Re: /etc/hostname

[Darryl Luff <darryl@snakegully.nu>]

David Fokkema wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 21, 2004 at 10:33:06PM +1000, Darryl Luff wrote:
>
> > Tom Allison wrote:
> >
> > > My /etc/hostname file contains only the machine name and not the FQDN of 
> > > the machine.
> > >
> > > This is causing problems with procmail, squirrelmail and probably 50 
> > > other things out there.
> > >
> > > How do I set this once and for all?
> > > And should it be a FQDN or just the machine name?
> >
> > I put both in:
> > 9.9.9.9	myserver	myserver.mydomain.com
>
>
> Isn't that your /etc/hosts file instead of your /etc/hostname?
Ahhh. Sorry about that. Selective blindness. If you've got it setup like 
that, it should be fine. What problem are you having?


> I have just my machine name in /etc/hostname. I have both in my
> /etc/hosts, just like above.
>
> HTH,
> David