On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 12:59:43AM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > 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. I have been placing hostname there and fqdn in /etc/hosts and this has worked fine for me for as long as I know. a > > > 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. > > -- > Vincent Lef?vre <vincent@vinc17.org> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.org/> > 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <http://www.vinc17.org/blog/> > Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / Arenaire project (LIP, ENS-Lyon) > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > > -- "I would guess, I would surmise that some of the more spectacular bombings are done by al Qaeda suiciders." - George W. Bush 08/21/2006 Washington, DC
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