Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 29 May 2006 13:20:50 -0700 (PDT) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Add compile domain (was: Re: [PATCH] Well, Linus seems to like Lordi...) |
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On Mon, 29 May 2006, Gabor Gombas wrote: > > Which full hostname? I have access to a machine with 2 NICs having 5 > IPv4 addresses total, and none of the associated DNS records correspond > to the hostname.
That is no less true for the non-full hostname.
The fact is, a hostname is a hostname, and not "5 different hostnames". You're right that it has nothing to do with the IP address, but where did I claim it did?
If you have to have a hostname (and we do - it's undeniably part of what UNIX networking does), it's much better to make the hostname be a fully qualified one. Because it's never worse than having just a non-qualified one, and it is often better, and avoids the whole confusion.
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