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Re: to use the FQDN in /etc/hostname or not?



On Sat, 05 Mar 2005 10:00:14 +0100, Scott Edwards wrote:
> Does /etc/hostname use the fully qualified domain name?
> 
> a: www.example.com
> b: www


The recommended way is #2.  The canonical host name for the machine is
determined by /etc/hosts.

    # Primary IP address    # Canonical host name     # aliases
    130.28.1.99             www.example.com           www

-- 
Thomas Hood



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