> Package: hostname > Version: 2.07 > Severity: normal > > Hi > > /etc/hostname: > 192.168.42.42 a2290.westend.com a2290 > 192.168.42.42 2290.westend.com 2290 > > /etc/resolv.conf: > search westend.com > nameserver 212.117.67.2 > > # hostname 2290 > # hostname -f > 2290 > > # hostname a2290 > # hostname -f > a2290.westend.com > > In the first case hostname seems to be not compliant with rfc1123 which > says: > "The syntax of a legal Internet host name was specified in RFC-952 > [DNS:4]. One aspect of host name syntax is hereby changed: the > restriction on the first character is relaxed to allow either a > letter or a digit. Host software MUST support this more liberal > syntax."
Please use "strace" and "ltrace". You can see that the FQDN is resolved by gethostbyname() when you use "hostname -f". BTW, /etc/hostname is not /etc/hosts. This file is not used by /bin/hostname. So I think this bug report is invalid. Please confirm. If you have no objection, I'll close it. Regards, -- gotom
