On Thursday 27 February 2003 10:59 pm, Lyvim Xaphir wrote:
> --- "Ronald J. Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Thursday 27 February 2003 01:08 pm, Jim C wrote:
> > > HOSTNAME=dude.mcgnarly.net
> > > DOMAINNAME=dude.mcgnarly.net
> >
> > Hmm, my DOMAINNAME here doesn't have the full hostname, only the last
> > bit. My HOSTNAME is "darkforce.ky.org" so its "ky.org" under DOMAINNAME.
> > Is that wrong, should I change it? Thanks...
> >
>
> No, yours is correct.  The domainname should be exactly that, the domain. 
> The hostname should be the boxname plus the domain, which is called an
> FQDN.
>
> The domainname is like a family last name.  The hostname gets specific with
> the name of the box plus it's family name.
>
Whatever you're all learning now, be prepared to unlearn when 9.1 comes out 
because it's all different.  I'm trying to figure it out in cooker but it's a 
bear.
-- 
Greg

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