Ainsi parlait Mercredi 22 Mai 2002 13:18, Buchan Milne : > Guillaume Rousse wrote: > > HOSTNAME=silbermann.snv.jussieu.fr > > DOMAINNAME=snv.jussieu.fr > > Isn't this redundant and error-prone ? > > I think, for DDNS to work correctly with dhcp3/bind8,9 (for example), > you will want HOSTNAME=silbermann, DOMAINNAME=snv.jussieu.fr > > AFAIK, a lot of the adsl providers also only want the short hostname for > dhcp use. > > > Said in another manner, what should hostname returns ? short or fully > > qualified domain name ? > > Depends on the option you pass it. No options should give FQDN. Actually, both are closely related: hostname with no option returns exaclty HOSTNAME setting in /etc/sysconfig/network
> What did you give draknet? draknet gives initial setting. I modified /etc/sysconfig/network manually on my home machines to set up a private network with a DNS, but i have strange latency for GUI applications, as if had problems with X authentification. -- Guillaume Rousse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GPG key http://lis.snv.jussieu.fr/~rousse/gpgkey.html
