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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