Re: FQDN vs. domain in /etc/hosts

[Stefan Schmidt <stefan.schmidt@gmx.net>]

Thanks for your feedback!
> > So both addresses are unambiguous. For what reason now would I need a 
> > FQDN? Why wouldn't a domain name suffice?
>
> What happens when you want/need to add another machine ?
I use the domain solely for private purposes and I will probably never 
need more than two or three servers. In fact I currently administer two 
servers which one domain name for each server. Of course if I were a 
company and I had 500 servers I would probably use subdomains instead of 
registering a domain for each server.
> Allowing a hostname to also be the domain name can cause problems.
I have searched extensively for disadvantages of using a domain name 
instead of a FQDN but could not find anything. What kind of concrete 
problems can occur?

Cheers, Stefan