Re: /etc/hostname

From: Darryl Luff (darryl_at_snakegully.nu)
Date: 06/21/04

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To: Tom Allison <tallison@tacocat.net>

    Tom Allison wrote:
    > My /etc/hostname file contains only the machine name and not the FQDN of
    > the machine.
    >
    > This is causing problems with procmail, squirrelmail and probably 50
    > other things out there.
    >
    > How do I set this once and for all?
    > And should it be a FQDN or just the machine name?
    >
    I put both in:
    9.9.9.9 myserver myserver.mydomain.com

    Sendmail etc need the fully qualified name, so it needs to be there. The
    short one just saves you typing.

    > I'm actually thinking it needs to be the machine name only because if
    > you are running multiple domains on a machine you need to be able to
    > tell the difference for email and web services.
    >
    The configuration of the rest of your domains is often done in DNS, or
    in mail/web server config files rather than in the hosts file. 

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