On Tue, 2005-04-19 15:43:54 -0700, Linus Torvalds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 20 Apr 2005, Martin Schlemmer wrote: > > > > Correct me if I am wrong, but the right way to do this is to set the > > hostname to just that - the hostname, and add 'domain foo.com' > > to /etc/resolv.conf. > > I'll correct you. > > The fact is, that's not what people do. Not me, not kernel.org, not _any_ > of the machines I've got access to. They put the fully qualified name in > the hostname, and just do "search foo.com" in /etc/resolv.conf.
That's not entirely correct. Actually, basically all machines (administered by a number of people) only have the real hostname in /etc/hostname and a domain entry in /etc/resolv.conf . > So clearly, expecting that people work the way you claim is being > extremely optimistic. I'm sure some people do that too, but I suspect I'm > in the majority. Both Fedora Core and YellowDog act the way I described, > not the way you do.. Maybe these two do it that way. I just checked a recently installed Debian box--they to it the way I'm used to^W^W^WMartin describes it. MfG, JBG -- Jan-Benedict Glaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] . +49-172-7608481 _ O _ "Eine Freie Meinung in einem Freien Kopf | Gegen Zensur | Gegen Krieg _ _ O fuer einen Freien Staat voll Freier BÃrger" | im Internet! | im Irak! O O O ret = do_actions((curr | FREE_SPEECH) & ~(NEW_COPYRIGHT_LAW | DRM | TCPA)); - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
