On Fri, Mar 05, 2004 at 11:32:30AM -0700, elemint@hotpop.com wrote:
> If I want to use a fqdn hostname.domainname.com instead of just hostname
> can I just place that in /etc/hostname or do I need to do something else
> to use a fqdn?

On a Debian machine, generally you put just the hostname in
/etc/hostname and the FQDN in /etc/hosts.  You'll probably want to edit
/etc/mailname, too, since you're running an MTA.

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