Re: /bin/hostname on Debian
On 2008-08-23 11:34:39 +0200, Gilles Mocellin wrote:
> Within Debian you should not put the FQDN in /etc/hostname.
There can be problems with that. I don't remember exactly. Something
like it is annoying not to be able to get the FQDN if the network
isn't up for some reason. Or perhaps because of software that uses
"hostname" and expects the FQDN.
> The DNS domain will be found by "hostname --fqdn", either in
> /etc/hosts or by a DNS on your IP.
Also, the --fqdn option is not standard.
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