On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 03:52:44AM +0100, Marco d'Itri wrote: > Considering that any non-trivial server needs to send email out, having > a working FQDN configured is not "obsolete".
I believe mail servers these days generally use /etc/mailname, not hostname -f (although hostname -f might be the default for /etc/mailname). I consider using hostname -f for anything other then the initial default value broken because computers can have multiple network cards, multiple IP addresses, multiple domains, etc. I generally like to assume my computer isn't going to break badly because I have to change the output hostname -f returns. Also, FQDNs are really not applicable to, say laptops, which frequently change from one network to another. Or some desktops even. I notice on this Ubuntu laptop `hostname` == `hostname -f` perhaps for this reason. -- Brian May <b...@snoopy.debian.net> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
