On Thu, May 29, 2003 at 09:20:34AM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote: > However, I've seen problems caused by the use of the short name only in > /etc/hostname (mostly mail-related, maybe?) and I systematically change > this to hold the FQDN on my systems. Haven't filed a bug about this, > because I'm not sure if it's a real bug, or if this just happens to be > the easiest kludge for working around the other symptoms I see.
It can cause problems for other programs too - Leafnode will refuse to run if it can't work out a fully qualified hostname for the machine and I've seen other server software get upset in various ways. -- "You grabbed my hand and we fell into it, like a daydream - or a fever."
