hostname confusion

[maulbongo]

Hi folks,

I'm a little confused with my systems hostname.
I have a Sabayon system at my office, where also a Domain is running.
my hostname actually is "it01" (as seen in /etc/conf.d/hostname

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# Set to the hostname of this machine
hostname="it01"

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When I start the system I get this on the KDE welcome screen:

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Willkommen auf it01

And when I switch to console login I get this message:

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This is it01.unknown_domain

Now I changed it to a fqdn which for our company is this: it01.domainname.local, so the /etc/conf.d/hostname looks like this:

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# Set to the hostname of this machine
hostname="it01.domainname.local"

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Now I did a reboot and for the KDE welcome screen it looks correct:

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Willkommen auf it01.domainname.local

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But when I switch to console it looks like this:

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This is it01.domainname.local.domainname.local

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Why does domainname.local appear double? Is it to show that the machines name is it01.domainname.local and the domainname is domainname.local?

[Fitzcarraldo]

Have a look at the SL Wiki article HOWTO: Changing the hostname to see if it helps.

[maulbongo]

Hi Fitzcarraldo,

Thank you, but thats all fine for me, the hostname is set correct, and working proper, the only thing I was wondering is the console welcome.