On Mon, 7 May 2007 20:22:22 -0400
Douglas Allan Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 05:01:10PM -0700, Jeff D wrote:
> > Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
> > >On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 09:03:49PM +0200, Nyizsnyik Ferenc wrote:
> > >>On Mon, 7 May 2007 12:33:21 -0400
> > >>Douglas Allan Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>>I have a few computers connected by ethernet switch with one
> > >>>computer (titan: 192.168.1.1) accessing the network by dial-up
> > >>>modem and providing some services to my network: e.g. dnsmasq,
> > >>>exim4 smarthost, ntp, but nothing to the internet. It also runs
> > >>>shorewall for good measure. Everything works fine.
> > >>>
> > >>>Samhain complains that the box doesn't have a FQDN.
> > > >
> > >>>/etc/hosts:
> > >>>
> > >>>127.0.0.1 localhost
> > >> 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain
> > >>
> > >>should solve the problem of the FQDN.
...if the computer was standalone.
> > >>
> > >>>192.168.1.1 titan
> > >
> > >It does not. uname -n still shows 'titan'.
> >
> > what does hostname -f show? uname -n will always show the just
> > the hostname.
>
> titan.
>
> If I do need a domain name, then it would be
>
> 192.168.1.1 titan.homenet titan
>
> Doug.
>
>
Exactly; you need to add .something to the one that hostname -f shows,
but preferably to all of them. I think YOU don't really need a domain
name, but some programs will complain if it is missing. For example,
sendmail needed it on a Solaris box.
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