On Oct 7, 2009, at 2:09 PM, Kyle McDonald wrote: > Will Fiveash wrote: >> On Wed, Oct 07, 2009 at 03:29:55PM -0500, Douglas E. Engert wrote: >> >>> For what it is worth, Kerberos usually want the hostname command >>> to return >>> the FQDN, rather then the short name. We always install a new >>> system from >>> the start using the FQDN. >>> >> >> It shouldn't matter. Here inside Sun the norm is for hostname to >> be set >> to the short form. >> > Which is where I picked up the habit. ;)
I've picked up the opposite habit. I believe other Kerberos distro's may be less forgiving than Sun in that respect. OTOH, maybe it has to do with other resolver-related configuration. If /etc/nsswitch.conf contains: hosts: files dns and /etc/nodename, /etc/hostname.* and/or /etc/hosts contain the short name, then don't you get the short name back from a reverse DNS lookup? As they said in Ghostbusters, that would be "bad". Anyone care to elaborate on the issues? ------------------------------------------------------ The opinions expressed in this message are mine, not those of Caltech, JPL, NASA, or the US Government. Henry.B.Hotz at jpl.nasa.gov, or hbhotz at oxy.edu
