On Sun, Jun 5, 2016 at 7:12 PM, Chris Bennett <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Jun 05, 2016 at 06:55:20PM -0700, Philip Guenther wrote: >> I said the problem starts from having an unqualified HOSTNAME...so you >> describe everything but that. >> >> <shrugs, gets back to work> > > <huh? I don't get it or I wouldn't ask it. Seems like I don't know > something important.>
> So, how do I get a qualified hostname from the three different WiFi's I > use here? Make that six random IP's when I put in the other WiFi card. "hostname", by default, means "the name that the system calls itself internally, as shown by the hostname(1) or uname(1) commands". It's set at boot from /etc/myname, which is created by the installer. It has nothing to do with the names associated with any IPs that the machine has, if any. *That* is the name that should be a qualified name with .domain part and not just a bare name. If it isn't, then change /etc/myname and matching entry in /etc/hosts, and reboot. What domain should you use? Well, I use ".local", because that was squatted by Apple (for the Bonjour protocol) and I have no qualms about squatting on their squat Philip Guenther
