Re: hostname

My problem was that the install script was using a hostname --fqdn
lookup and getting back localhost then dying. After I rearranged the
order of my hosts file the package installed properly.

Thanks for the reply,
Tim

On Apr 11, 2005 12:38 PM, damien hull <dhull@digitaloverload.net> wrote:
> The "fully qualified domain name" would be something like
> "digitaloverload.net". That's my "fqdn".
>
> Get your self a domain name. They don't cost that much these days. If
> you already have one you need to place it in /etc/hosts. It goes on the
> same line as localhost.
>
> On Mon, 2005-04-11 at 11:07 -0800, Alaska Computer Support Services
> wrote:
> > I'm installing qmail on debian but running into a problem with my
> > hostname. I checked all the related files and it is set properly.
> > But when I run hostname -s I get localhost as the output.
> >
> > My qmail install in choking because it wants a fqdn :
> >
> > The hostname -f command returned: $1
> >
> > Your system needs to have a fully qualified domain name (fqdn) in
> > order to install the var-qmail packages.
> >
> >
> > Can someone advise?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Tim
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