The default install of Ubuntu fills in /etc/hostname with only the host name and not any of the DNS domain name parts.
For Ubuntu 13.10 the following is noted: http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/saucy/man1/hostname.1.html /etc/hostname Historically this file was supposed to only contain the hostname and not the full canonical FQDN. Nowadays most software is able to cope with a full FQDN here. This file is read at boot time by the system initialization scripts to set the hostname. For Ubutnu 12.04 the following is noted: http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/precise/man1/hostname.1.html /etc/hostname This file should only contain the hostname and not the full FQDN. So the issue is how /etc/hostname is treated and that bash uses the value provided by how the distro set it up. Ubuntu 13.10 still leaves out the FQDN in /etc/hostname when you install. It'd be useful if the bash man page stated something like: \h The hostname, up to the first ‘.’. \H The hostname. Depending on the distro this may or may not contain the domain name or FQDN. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1276796 Title: bash fails to provide FQDN for PS1 with \H To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bash/+bug/1276796/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
