Hostname configuration on DHCP/DNS server: /etc/hosts vs. /etc/hostname

[Niki Kovacs]

Le 27/03/2011 15:44, Tom H a écrit :

>
> I don't know what the canonical (not Canonical!) way of doing this is
> because the last time that I checked even the Debian developers were
> arguing over this. It's something of a religious debate.
>
> You can put either. The only functional difference that I know of is
> that the output of "hostname" will differ ("hostname -s" and hostname
> -f" will be the same).
>

Looks like my first impression is confirmed. Thanks to you and to Chris 
G for the detailed answers!

Niki