On Sat, 2004-09-11 at 21:59, Robert Locke wrote: > The initial hostname is set in the file /etc/sysconfig/network. > > Be aware that the networking startup scripts may obtain the hostname > from a DHCP server or DNS server (as a reverse lookup). > > If you set the name to something in /etc/sysconfig/network, it is > probably a good idea to have that name appear in /etc/hosts (as you were > thinking), to ensure that your machine knows how to find itself. On my system I get: [jlpastor@kalimotxo jlpastor]$ hostname kalimotxo.euskal.net [jlpastor@kalimotxo jlpastor]$ hostname --fqdn kalimotxo.euskal.net [jlpastor@kalimotxo jlpastor]$ dnsdomainname euskal.net [jlpastor@kalimotxo jlpastor]$ My /etc/sysconfig/network is: [jlpastor@kalimotxo jlpastor]$ cat /etc/sysconfig/network NETWORKING=yes HOSTNAME=kalimotxo.euskal.net and my /etc/hosts: [jlpastor@kalimotxo jlpastor]$ cat /etc/hosts # Do not remove the following line, or various programs # that require network functionality will fail. 127.0.0.1 kalimotxo.euskal.net kalimotxo localhost.localdomain localhost How is it that I get the same output for the hostname and hostname --fqdn commands? Juan -- Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
