I was able to solve my problem by putting only the hostname in /etc/hostname (just 'snafu' instead of 'snafu.selfip.org'). hostfqdn() now returns the correct domain.
A little googling revealed that there's no clear rule whether /etc/hostname should contain only the short name or the FQDN, so I think perl should work with both, especially as the other commands and languages also managed to return the right FQDN. Cheers, Markus -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
