Re: /bin/hostname on Debian

2008-08-30 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2008-08-24 13:08:33, schrieb Vincent Lefevre: > I had a problem with NIS in the past (about 5 years ago) if > /etc/hostname didn't contain the FQDN. What about the correct configuration for NIS? Thanks, Greetings and nice Day/Evening Michelle Konzack Systemadministrator 24V Electro

Re: /bin/hostname on Debian

2008-08-26 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2008-08-25 11:20:58 -0700, Vwaju wrote: > According to man hostname > /bin/hostname -F > will "read the hostname from the specified file". > If you > /bin/hostname -F > and then > /bin/hostname --fqdn > it fails (it's not getting the FQDN from /etc hosts!) Well, the -F option has the effect t

Re: /bin/hostname on Debian

2008-08-25 Thread Alex Samad
On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 11:24:46AM -0700, Vwaju wrote: > On Aug 23, 10:10 pm, Alex Samad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 12:59:43AM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > > On 2008-08-23 11:34:39 +0200, Gilles Mocellin wrote: > > > > Within Debian you should not put the FQDN in /e

Re: /bin/hostname on Debian

2008-08-25 Thread Vwaju
On Aug 23, 10:10 pm, Alex Samad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 12:59:43AM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > On 2008-08-23 11:34:39 +0200, Gilles Mocellin wrote: > > > Within Debian you should not put the FQDN in /etc/hostname. > > > There can be problems with that. I don't rem

Re: /bin/hostname on Debian

2008-08-25 Thread Vwaju
On Aug 23, 5:40 am, Gilles Mocellin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Le Friday 22 August 2008 22:23:01 Vwaju, vous avez écrit : > > > I am having trouble with my Debian network configuration, and I am > > trying to isolate the problem. The name of my host is "jupiter" and > > the name of my domain is

Re: /bin/hostname on Debian

2008-08-24 Thread Alex Samad
On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 01:08:33PM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2008-08-24 12:00:52 +1000, Alex Samad wrote: > > On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 12:59:43AM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > > On 2008-08-23 11:34:39 +0200, Gilles Mocellin wrote: > > > > Within Debian you should not put the FQDN in /et

Re: /bin/hostname on Debian

2008-08-24 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2008-08-24 12:00:52 +1000, Alex Samad wrote: > On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 12:59:43AM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > On 2008-08-23 11:34:39 +0200, Gilles Mocellin wrote: > > > Within Debian you should not put the FQDN in /etc/hostname. > > > > There can be problems with that. I don't remember ex

Re: /bin/hostname on Debian

2008-08-23 Thread Alex Samad
On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 12:59:43AM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2008-08-23 11:34:39 +0200, Gilles Mocellin wrote: > > Within Debian you should not put the FQDN in /etc/hostname. > > There can be problems with that. I don't remember exactly. Something > like it is annoying not to be able to g

Re: /bin/hostname on Debian

2008-08-23 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2008-08-23 11:34:39 +0200, Gilles Mocellin wrote: > Within Debian you should not put the FQDN in /etc/hostname. There can be problems with that. I don't remember exactly. Something like it is annoying not to be able to get the FQDN if the network isn't up for some reason. Or perhaps because of

Re: /bin/hostname on Debian

2008-08-23 Thread Gilles Mocellin
Le Friday 22 August 2008 22:23:01 Vwaju, vous avez écrit : > I am having trouble with my Debian network configuration, and I am > trying to isolate the problem. The name of my host is "jupiter" and > the name of my domain is "obliqueuniverse.org". > > jupiter:~# echo jupiter.obliqueuniverse.org >