Re: set domain name in Debian `

From	Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: set domain name in Debian `
Date	2016-11-12 06:00 +0100
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Hi Glenn,

On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 01:27:28PM -0700, Glenn English wrote:
> I have to change the domain name of a Jessie server I'm working on. How do you do it? (Aside from putting the FQDN in /etc/hostname, which kinda works.)

I normally put the short name in /etc/hostname and then the:

<IP address>    <FQDN> <short name>

in /etc/hosts. That works for me both for setting initial host name
and FQDN, and for changing it later.

After you have done that, what command are you using which shows you
the old/incorrect values?

Note that the domain part comes from name resolution, so will
involve /etc/hosts and potentially DNS or other name services you
have configured in /etc/nsswitch.conf.

Cheers,
Andy

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Thread

set domain name in Debian ` Glenn English <ghe2001@gmail.com> - 2016-11-11 21:50 +0100
  Re: set domain name in Debian ` Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2016-11-11 22:00 +0100
    Re: set domain name in Debian ` Glenn English <ghe2001@gmail.com> - 2016-11-11 23:10 +0100
      Re: set domain name in Debian ` Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2016-11-11 23:40 +0100
        Re: set domain name in Debian ` Glenn English <ghe2001@gmail.com> - 2016-11-12 04:50 +0100
      Re: set domain name in Debian ` Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2016-11-11 23:50 +0100
        Re: set domain name in Debian ` Glenn English <ghe2001@gmail.com> - 2016-11-12 01:40 +0100
  Re: set domain name in Debian ` Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2016-11-12 06:00 +0100
    Re: set domain name in Debian ` Glenn English <ghe2001@gmail.com> - 2016-11-12 07:40 +0100
      Re: set domain name in Debian ` Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2016-11-12 07:50 +0100
        Re: set domain name in Debian ` Glenn English <ghe2001@gmail.com> - 2016-11-12 10:20 +0100
          Re: set domain name in Debian ` Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2016-11-12 11:30 +0100
            Re: set domain name in Debian ` Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-11-12 13:40 +0100
            Re: set domain name in Debian ` Glenn English <ghe2001@gmail.com> - 2016-11-12 17:10 +0100
              Re: set domain name in Debian ` sunrise@mailbug.com - 2016-11-12 19:40 +0100
                Re: set domain name in Debian ` Glenn English <ghe2001@gmail.com> - 2016-11-12 20:30 +0100
              Re: set domain name in Debian ` Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2016-11-14 14:30 +0100
                Re: set domain name in Debian ` Glenn English <ghe2001@gmail.com> - 2016-11-14 23:00 +0100
                Re: set domain name in Debian ` David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2016-11-14 23:40 +0100
                Re: set domain name in Debian ` Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2016-11-15 14:10 +0100
                Re: set domain name in Debian ` Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2016-11-15 15:20 +0100
                Re: set domain name in Debian ` Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-11-15 16:00 +0100
                Re: set domain name in Debian ` Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2016-11-15 16:20 +0100
                Re: set domain name in Debian ` Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-11-15 16:40 +0100
                Re: set domain name in Debian ` David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2016-11-15 17:10 +0100
                Re: set domain name in Debian ` Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-11-15 15:20 +0100
                Re: set domain name in Debian ` Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2016-11-15 16:10 +0100
                Re: set domain name in Debian ` Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-11-15 16:50 +0100
                Re: set domain name in Debian ` Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2016-11-15 17:30 +0100
  Re: set domain name in Debian ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org> - 2016-11-12 16:50 +0100
    Re: set domain name in Debian ` Glenn English <ghe2001@gmail.com> - 2016-11-12 18:20 +0100
      Re: set domain name in Debian ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org> - 2016-11-12 19:40 +0100
        Re: set domain name in Debian ` Glenn English <ghe2001@gmail.com> - 2016-11-12 22:40 +0100

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