On Mon, Jun 21, 2004 at 10:33:06PM +1000, Darryl Luff wrote: > Tom Allison wrote: > >My /etc/hostname file contains only the machine name and not the FQDN of > >the machine. > > > >This is causing problems with procmail, squirrelmail and probably 50 > >other things out there. > > > >How do I set this once and for all? > >And should it be a FQDN or just the machine name? > > > I put both in: > 9.9.9.9 myserver myserver.mydomain.com
Isn't that your /etc/hosts file instead of your /etc/hostname? I have just my machine name in /etc/hostname. I have both in my /etc/hosts, just like above. HTH, David -- Hi! I'm a .signature virus. Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]