Re: does a home user on dialup need a domain name?
On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 03:39:07PM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 05:12:20PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
> > On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 09:03:49PM +0200, Nyizsnyik Ferenc wrote:
> > > On Mon, 7 May 2007 12:33:21 -0400
> > > Douglas Allan Tutty <dtutty@porchlight.ca> wrote:
> > > > /etc/hosts:
> > > >
> > > > 127.0.0.1 localhost
> > > 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain
> > >
> > > should solve the problem of the FQDN.
> > >
> > > > 192.168.1.1 titan
> >
> > It does not. uname -n still shows 'titan'.
> >
>
> what about /etc/hostname, requires a reboot, i think.
>
Looking at man 1 hostname, it looks like /etc/hostname is just the short
hostname. The FQDN comes from /etc/hosts.
The question isn't "how do I set a domain name" (unless it goes
somewhere in addition to hosts) but rather, should I?
I've had one response from someone who does. Is there anyone who
_doesn't_?
Doug.
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