On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 02:36:52PM +0000, Clint Adams wrote: > On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 11:55:42AM +0200, Michael Meskes wrote: > > This section explains the difference between a hostname, which is what > > should > > be in /etc/hostname, and a FQDN. > > It doesn't explain why an FQDN should not be in /etc/hostname, does it?
Well /etc/hostname is supposed to contain the hostname as the name suggests. > > What about the simple case of a laptop used in different networks? > > What about it? If your system is named host.foo.org and you use it in domain bar.org you will end up with a fqdn that's not equal to your /etc/hostname but has a different domain suffix, right? Or what do I miss? Michael -- Michael Meskes Michael at Fam-Meskes dot De, Michael at Meskes dot (De|Com|Net|Org) Michael at BorussiaFan dot De, Meskes at (Debian|Postgresql) dot Org Jabber: michael.meskes at googlemail dot com VfL Borussia! Força Barça! Go SF 49ers! Use Debian GNU/Linux, PostgreSQL -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
