> On Nov 11, 2016, at 9:58 PM, Andy Smith <a...@strugglers.net> wrote: > > I normally put the short name in /etc/hostname and then the: > > <IP address> <FQDN> <short name> > > in /etc/hosts. That works for me both for setting initial host name > and FQDN, and for changing it later.
Yeah, that's what I hear, and exactly that's in there. IIRC, I've had some success with that in the past. But it doesn't work for me today. Debian needs a domainname command like hostname. Or maybe a man page explaining what looks up what and where the string is. A file in /etc called domainname wouldn't be too much to ask, IMHO. > After you have done that, what command are you using which shows you > the old/incorrect values? Mostly hostname - f. That's what I've used in a number if shell scripts, and it's always worked (on systems who've been labeled by the installer). hosts and DNS can both find the IP, given the FQDN, but hostname -f is wrong. hostname returns 'srv' like it should. But hostnane -f returns 'www.slsware.dmz' -- way wrong. I've grep'ed for that www string and haven't been able to find it. > Note that the domain part comes from name resolution, so will > involve /etc/hosts and potentially DNS or other name services you > have configured in /etc/nsswitch.conf. I haven't done nsswitch.conf yet. I'll try it in the morning... I got curious. nsswitch.conf on the old host (working hostname -f): > passwd: compat > group: compat > shadow: compat > > hosts: files dns > networks: files > > protocols: db files > services: db files > ethers: db files > rpc: db files > > netgroup: nis On the new one (bent hostname -f): > passwd: compat > group: compat > shadow: compat > gshadow: files > > hosts: files dns > networks: files > > protocols: db files > services: db files > ethers: db files > rpc: db files > > netgroup: nis See anything interesting? I don't. Except the mention of gshadow on the bad one, and I have no idea what that makes happen. Is it possible one of those files has bad data in it? If so, what are their names and where are they? -- Glenn English
