Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: hostname
% hostname
glup
% hostname -s
localhost
BUT
% man hostname
[....]
-s, --short
Display the short host name. This is the host name cut at the
first dot.
[....]
I can hack around it by changing the order of names on the 127.0.0.1
line of /etc/hosts, but that's not the point. The documentation states
that -s just trims the domain off if it exists, but that's not what it
does. Either it should behave exactly that way or the doc should be
updated.
This is Ubuntu 9.04 x86_64, updated as of 19 June 2009. hostname-2.95
package. Default nsswitch. /etc/hosts:
127.0.0.1 localhost glup glup.physics.ucf.edu
127.0.1.1 rob-laptop
# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1 localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
ff02::3 ip6-allhosts
Thanks,
--jh--
** Affects: hostname (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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hostname -s returns localhost instead of name
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/389602
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