On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 11:10 AM, Peter Humphrey <pe...@prh.myzen.co.uk> wrote:
> On Monday, 18 December 2017 09:49:41 GMT Adam Carter wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 1:05 PM, Peter Humphrey <pe...@prh.myzen.co.uk> > > wrote: > > > I've been running Linux systems since 1994, calling my private LAN > mynet > > > (bowdlerised). Now I come to install neth server on one machine, it > > > insists that I tell it a domain name with at least two dots in it. > > > > That's dumb, and may be an omen on what the rest of it is like. > > Maybe not. See the debate at > https://community.nethserver.org/t/i-fell-at-the-first-hurdle/8563/4 > > I can't see any concrete info on why your original config was a problem, but a charitable read could amount to "given the interdependencies of the various components, the requirement for two dots in the FQDN was deemed the best compromise *for neth*".