On Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 11:25:00AM -0400, gene heskett wrote: > Not a systemd luver nor expert. Someone suggested that if I was using dotted > names, then I should edit (as sudo) /etc/hostname which I have now done t > add the FQDN name of coyote.home.arpa.
You should undo that. There's no reason to switch your philosophy at this point. I did not say that you SHOULD use hostnames with dots in them. I said that SOME PEOPLE use hostnames with dots in them, and that IF you are one of those people, there's an extra step to perform. I don't have any idea how this was so misunderstood.
