Hi,
Could someone please discuss the pros and cons of setting the HOSTNAME
variable in /etc/rc.config to something like blue.rad.med.umich.edu vs.
blue. Over the years, we've done it both ways, and it hasn't seemed to
matter (although we recently had a conflict with another machine on campus
that may have been due to use of the "short form"). In various /etc/hosts
files and in DNS entries, our machines are generally know by both their
fully qualified names and by their "short forms". So my question really
deals with setting HOSTNAME _locally_ (and therefore what is returned by
the hostname command).
Thanks,
Peyton
University of Michigan, Radiology
voice: 734-647-0849
FAX: 734-764-8541
e-mail: bland_at_umich.edu
URL:
http://www.med.umich.edu/dipl/
Received on Mon Nov 13 2000 - 16:42:31 NZDT