[Iustin Pop] > the FQDN should be available directly on the host, without external > dependencies. Which is why I personally think the machine name (the > one that the kernel knows) should hold the canonical name.
I agree, and I always make sure /etc/hostname is the FQDN or something close to it on machines I run. We do the same at the university where I work, on all Unix versions that are capable of storing the long names (had some problems with older HP-UX, not sure we have any Unix versions left which refused hostnames >8 characters). Happy hacking, -- Petter Reinholdtsen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
