Tom H <[email protected]> writes: > On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 1:42 PM, Nico Kadel-Garcia <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 8:32 AM, Nico Kadel-Garcia <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> The problem is that the $HOSTNAME for the system isn't published in >>> DNS, nor is it the first hostname for a line in /etc/hosts, so the >>> "hostname --fqdn" is not finding it associated with your IP addresses. >>> The usual approach for portable laptops is to put a line like this in >>> /etc/hosts somewhere. >>> >>> 127.0.0.1 mymachine.mydomain > > On SL6, I've adopted the Debian approach: > > # cat /etc/hosts > 127.0.0.1 localhost > 127.0.1.1 tadmin.test.cluster tadmin > > # cat /etc/sysconfig/network > NETWORKING=yes > HOSTNAME=tadmin > > # hostname > tadmin > > # hostname -s > tadmin > > # hostname -f > tadmin.test.cluster > > # hostname -d > test.cluster
This is what my set-up looks like, too. > On SL7, libnss_myhostname does the job of the second "/etc/hosts" line > (but with 127.0.0.2) automatically. > > To the OP: > > Where are you setting the domainname? # cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 DEVICE=eth0 ONBOOT=yes BOOTPROTO=none IPADDR=10.141.235.253 NETMASK=255.255.0.0 DOMAIN=test.cluster USERCTL=no Cheers, Loris -- This signature is currently under construction.
