Mark Burgess wrote: >> Regarding short_hostname, on my system '/bin/hostname' returns the >> FQDN. If I try using $(host), I just get the FQDN. Is that normal? >> That's why I'm using my own variable. > > This is normal if you have fully qualified names returned by your > hostname lookup, which is not something I recommend.
There is a discussion going on here about the merits of FQDN vs. simple hostname. Would you care to elaborate on your reasons for not recommending FQDN in hostname lookup? -- David Masterson VMware, Inc. Palo Alto, CA _______________________________________________ Help-cfengine mailing list Help-cfengine@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine
