Re: does a home user on dialup need a domain name?

Douglas Allan Tutty(dtutty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) is reported to have said:
On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 03:39:07PM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:

Looking at man 1 hostname, it looks like /etc/hostname is just the short
hostname. The FQDN comes from /etc/hosts.

man dnsdomainname

Wayne

--
There were computers in Biblical times. Eve had an Apple.
_______________________________________________________


--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Setting up network
    ... While we are on the topic, after the hostname and domain have been ... setup from the initial installation, ... It doesn't matter. ... >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to ...
    (freebsd-questions)
  • Re: Hostname (none) after dist-upgrade
    ... I did a dist-upgrade from sarge to etch on a server and all went well, ... hostname: Unknown host ... To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx with a subject of "unsubscribe". ...
    (Debian-User)
  • Re: Should /etc/hostname contain the whole FQDN?
    ... myhostname.mydomain.com myhostname ... set those then run /etc/init.d/hostname.sh as root, this gets ran at boot up, but you can run it and reset the hostname this way. ... now when I run hostname -f I get my FQDN, you'll have to restart any services that rely on this as well after changing it. ... To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx with a subject of "unsubscribe". ...
    (Debian-User)
  • Re: How to change hostname in FC3
    ... >> How can I make new hostname permanent? ... Thanks Thomas for the help ... To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list ...
    (Fedora)
  • Re: does a home user on dialup need a domain name?
    ... what about /etc/hostname, requires a reboot, i think. ... Looking at man 1 hostname, it looks like /etc/hostname is just the short ... The FQDN comes from /etc/hosts. ... To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ...
    (Debian-User)