On 2008-08-24 12:00:52 +1000, Alex Samad wrote: > On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 12:59:43AM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > On 2008-08-23 11:34:39 +0200, Gilles Mocellin wrote: > > > Within Debian you should not put the FQDN in /etc/hostname. > > > > There can be problems with that. I don't remember exactly. Something > > like it is annoying not to be able to get the FQDN if the network > > isn't up for some reason. Or perhaps because of software that uses > > "hostname" and expects the FQDN. > I have been placing hostname there and fqdn in /etc/hosts and this has > worked fine for me for as long as I know.
I had a problem with NIS in the past (about 5 years ago) if /etc/hostname didn't contain the FQDN. -- Vincent Lefèvre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.org/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <http://www.vinc17.org/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / Arenaire project (LIP, ENS-Lyon) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
