set FQDN for hostname

[Tom H]

On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 10:02 PM, Rashkae <ubuntu at tigershaunt.com> wrote:
> On 10-11-04 09:54 PM, NoOp wrote:
>>
>> @Thufir: I know of no GUI for setting the FQDN... ethtool is your best
>> option. See:
>>
>> http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/maverick/man8/ethtool.8.html
>>
>> or via a terminal:
>>
>> $ sudo apt-get install ethtool
>> $ man ethtool
>
> Err, no, no, ethtool has nothing to do whatsoever with FQDN,
>
> Unfortunately, from my recent foray into this very same question, the
> current Ubuntu/Debian networking provides no way to explicitly define
> FQDN.  Rather, it's expected that you have correctly configured Reverse
> DNS and/or hosts file, and the FQDN can be derived from those.  If this
> does not satify what you are trying to accomplish, please be more
> specific about your end goal.... What exactly are you trying to achieve
> with your FQDN?

Replied a while ago:
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/2010-November/233640.html