By jr5689
Hi all,
I want to set my FQDN in the format myhostname.mydomain.com
I thought I only had to edit /etc/hosts:
$ cat /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost apple
The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback fe00::0 ip6-localnet ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix ff02::1 ip6-allnodes ff02::2 ip6-allrouters $
I added just this line:
12.345.6.78 apple.example.com apple
and then $ reboot
and in Domains added an A record for apple.example.com
but it does not seem to have any effect - I still get:
$ hostname --fqdn localhost $
Any ideas please what I am doing wrong?
Thanks…
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@Kamal I am facing same issue but given solution is not working for me.
<br>
<br># cat /etc/hosts
<br>127.0.0.1 localhost do.rtcamp.com do
<br>
<br># cat /etc/hostname
<br>do.rtcamp.com
<br>
<br># hostname -F /etc/hostname
<br>
<br># hostname
<br>do.rtcamp.com
<br>
<br>#hostname --fqdn
<br>localhost
<br>
<br>I am on Ubuntu 12.04 :|
Got it. Providing details for others.
<br>
<br>I set hostname in web-interface as do.rtcamp.com for new droplet.
<br>
<br>It added line in /etc/hosts file as:
<br>
<br>127.0.0.1 localhost do.rtcamp.com do
<br>
<br>I changed it to
<br>127.0.0.1 localhost
<br>188.226.169.135 do.rtcamp.com do
<br>
<br>188.226.169.135 is IP of my new droplet.
<br>
<br>Now hostname -f work as expected.
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