On 10/27/23 11:45, Greg Wooledge wrote:
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.
.
Confusing, miss leading man pages are a lot of it. If the domainname
command is only for NIS systems, whatever the hell that means, the first
line of the man page should plainly state VALID FOR NIS SYSTEMS ONLY.
Cheers, Gene Heskett.
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