What is the right thing to set a computer's hostname to? (/bin/hostname
, /etc/hostname
, sethostname(2)
, etc.)
I usually just use the "name" part, and it works perfectly (for me at least), but I've seen it implied in some places that I should use the entire "name.domain.tld" instead… which just doesn't feel "right" for me.
Best Answer
Just the name as you already do. A hostname shouldn't contain any domainname.