set FQDN for hostname

[Ric Moore]

On Fri, 2010-11-05 at 23:52 +0000, Luis Paulo wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 23:43, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > On 11/05/2010 04:19 PM, Thufir Hawat wrote:
> >> On Thu, 04 Nov 2010 23:22:01 -0400, Ric Moore wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> Can't just edit /etc/hosts?? Always works for me.
> >>>
> >>> wayward4now at iam:~$ more /etc/hosts
> >>> 127.0.0.1       linux.local     localhost.localdomain   localhost
> >>> 192.168.0.2     iam.wayward4now.net     iam
> >>
> >>
> >> Hmm, doesn't seem to work for me.   After a restart:
> >>
> >> thufir at arrakis:~$
> >> thufir at arrakis:~$
> >> thufir at arrakis:~$ hostname
> >> arrakis
> >> thufir at arrakis:~$
> >> thufir at arrakis:~$ nl /etc/hosts
> >>      1        127.0.0.1       localhost
> >>      2        127.0.1.1       tleilax.servebeer.com           tleilax
> >>      3        #127.0.1.1      arrakis.vs.shawcable.net        arrakis
> >
> > I'm confused (as usual). What *exactly* are you trying to accomplish?
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> Can I just restart the networking service to get the new hostname to take>>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
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> 
> >> effect?  Does my IP address matter?  Will it break things to take the FQDN
> >> from my ISP out of the mix?
> >>
> >>
> >> -Thufir
> 
> hostname will only return the... hostname :)
> use
> $ hostname --all-fqdns

hostname -f does it as well. Ric


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