On Sun, 5 Jun 2016 19:38:46 -0700 Philip Guenther <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 > i thought my hostname was set during installation, but seems that it is not defined properly. i will play with that. i have never bothered setting it differently in the past, and had no problems. is there something new with 6.0 that requires to change the default hostname set during installation ? or is it actually set during install ?
