By fraggalen
Hi.
I’m trying to set up my FQDN to get my mailserver to work.
When I type # hostname I get “rakuraku”
When I typ # hostname -f I get “localhost”
my /etc/hostname file is: “188.xxx.xxx.xx www.mydomain.com raku”
Are there some settings stored otherwhere, since I get rakuraku from hostname -f, which I probably entered somewhere during the setup of my server?
Thank you!
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<code>/etc/hostname</code> should only contain the hostname itself:<pre>raku</pre> <br><code>/etc/hosts</code> should also contain the following line: <br><pre>127.0.0.1 raku</pre>
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