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Setting my machine's hostname

Post by Jake Colma » Fri, 27 Aug 1999 04:00:00



How should my machine's hostname be set?  Is it supposed to be the FQDN or
just the base part?  In other words "jake.home.com" or "jake"?  I've tried it
both ways and either way seems to work but, in all cases, 'hostname -f' fails
with a lookup error.

I am not running DNS or NIS.

Thanx!

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Setting my machine's hostname

Post by Bernd Eckenfel » Fri, 27 Aug 1999 04:00:00



> How should my machine's hostname be set?  Is it supposed to be the FQDN or
> just the base part?  In other words "jake.home.com" or "jake"?  I've tried it
> both ways and either way seems to work but, in all cases, 'hostname -f' fails
> with a lookup error.

It doesnt realy matter... both works sometimes and sometimes not ...

 
 
 
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Setting my machine's hostname

Post by Jake Colma » Fri, 27 Aug 1999 04:00:00



    >> How should my machine's hostname be set?  Is it supposed to be the
    >> FQDN or just the base part?  In other words "jake.home.com" or "jake"?
    >> I've tried it both ways and either way seems to work but, in all
    >> cases, 'hostname -f' fails with a lookup error.

    BE> It doesnt realy matter... both works sometimes and sometimes not ...

So it's expected that 'hostname -f' should fail?!

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Jake Colman                    

Principia Partners LLC                  Phone: (201) 946-0300
Harborside Financial Center               Fax: (201) 946-0320
902 Plaza II                           Beeper: (800) 505-2795


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Setting my machine's hostname

Post by Michael Kel » Sat, 28 Aug 1999 04:00:00





>    >> How should my machine's hostname be set?  Is it supposed to be the
>    >> FQDN or just the base part?  In other words "jake.home.com" or "jake"?
>    >> I've tried it both ways and either way seems to work but, in all
>    >> cases, 'hostname -f' fails with a lookup error.

>    BE> It doesnt realy matter... both works sometimes and sometimes not ...

>So it's expected that 'hostname -f' should fail?!

Hmmmmmmm, I always wondered what the '-f' parameter was for.
Now I know. :)

Mike

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