Re: /bin/hostname on Debian

2008-08-30 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2008-08-24 13:08:33, schrieb Vincent Lefevre: I had a problem with NIS in the past (about 5 years ago) if /etc/hostname didn't contain the FQDN. What about the correct configuration for NIS? Thanks, Greetings and nice Day/Evening Michelle Konzack Systemadministrator 24V

Re: /bin/hostname on Debian

2008-08-26 Thread Alex Samad
On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 11:24:46AM -0700, Vwaju wrote: On Aug 23, 10:10 pm, Alex Samad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 12:59:43AM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: On 2008-08-23 11:34:39 +0200, Gilles Mocellin wrote: Within Debian you should not put the FQDN in

Re: /bin/hostname on Debian

2008-08-26 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2008-08-25 11:20:58 -0700, Vwaju wrote: According to man hostname /bin/hostname -F filename will read the hostname from the specified file. If you /bin/hostname -F empty file and then /bin/hostname --fqdn it fails (it's not getting the FQDN from /etc hosts!) Well, the -F option has the

Re: /bin/hostname on Debian

2008-08-25 Thread Vwaju
On Aug 23, 5:40 am, Gilles Mocellin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Le Friday 22 August 2008 22:23:01 Vwaju, vous avez écrit : I am having trouble with my Debian network configuration, and I am trying to isolate the problem. The name of my host is jupiter and the name of my domain is

Re: /bin/hostname on Debian

2008-08-25 Thread Vwaju
On Aug 23, 10:10 pm, Alex Samad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 12:59:43AM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: On 2008-08-23 11:34:39 +0200, Gilles Mocellin wrote: Within Debian you should not put the FQDN in /etc/hostname. There can be problems with that. I don't remember

Re: /bin/hostname on Debian

2008-08-24 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2008-08-24 12:00:52 +1000, Alex Samad wrote: On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 12:59:43AM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: On 2008-08-23 11:34:39 +0200, Gilles Mocellin wrote: Within Debian you should not put the FQDN in /etc/hostname. There can be problems with that. I don't remember exactly.

Re: /bin/hostname on Debian

2008-08-24 Thread Alex Samad
On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 01:08:33PM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: On 2008-08-24 12:00:52 +1000, Alex Samad wrote: On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 12:59:43AM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: On 2008-08-23 11:34:39 +0200, Gilles Mocellin wrote: Within Debian you should not put the FQDN in

Re: /bin/hostname on Debian

2008-08-23 Thread Gilles Mocellin
Le Friday 22 August 2008 22:23:01 Vwaju, vous avez écrit : I am having trouble with my Debian network configuration, and I am trying to isolate the problem. The name of my host is jupiter and the name of my domain is obliqueuniverse.org. jupiter:~# echo jupiter.obliqueuniverse.org

Re: /bin/hostname on Debian

2008-08-23 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2008-08-23 11:34:39 +0200, Gilles Mocellin wrote: Within Debian you should not put the FQDN in /etc/hostname. There can be problems with that. I don't remember exactly. Something like it is annoying not to be able to get the FQDN if the network isn't up for some reason. Or perhaps because of

Re: /bin/hostname on Debian

2008-08-23 Thread Alex Samad
On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 12:59:43AM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: On 2008-08-23 11:34:39 +0200, Gilles Mocellin wrote: Within Debian you should not put the FQDN in /etc/hostname. There can be problems with that. I don't remember exactly. Something like it is annoying not to be able to get

/bin/hostname on Debian

2008-08-22 Thread Vwaju
I am having trouble with my Debian network configuration, and I am trying to isolate the problem. The name of my host is jupiter and the name of my domain is obliqueuniverse.org. jupiter:~# echo jupiter.obliqueuniverse.org /etc/hostname jupiter:~# cat /etc/hosts | sed –n 1p 127.0.0.1