Henry B. Hotz wrote: > > 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? > It maybe that Sun has fixed problems in kerberos, I can't comment on that.
But I've had little trouble with setting the kernel's idea of the hostname to the shortname. Then again, unlike you I keep the nsswitch.conf set like this; hosts: dns files So for me, /etc/nodename, /etc/hostname.*, and /etc/hosts are only consulted at boot, and DNS takes over from there. -Kyle > ------------------------------------------------------ > 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 > > >
