Re: /bin/hostname on Debian
On Aug 23, 10:10 pm, Alex Samad <a...@samad.com.au> wrote:
> 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.
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> > 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.
>
"placing hostname there" -- where?
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> > > The DNS domain will be found by "hostname --fqdn", either in
> > > /etc/hosts or by a DNS on your IP.
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> > Also, the --fqdn option is not standard.
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