On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 6:50 AM, <padmaja.rv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Right now, I am facing a different issue. I have to set up DNS server using > BIND on Centos 4.3. When I type the hostname on Centos, it shows: > > sipserver.vodcalocal.com > > But the cli prompt has root@sipserver ~ meaning only the sipserver part of > the hostname is displayed. why is this so? What is the actual hostname then? > I see in the What shows in your shell prompt does not necessarily indicate a networking problem. Is there a networking problem? Personally, I like having the short hostname in my prompt. domainname command is for NIS/YP, you want dnsdomainname. I don't see any problems with your configuration files. Whether to use or not use the FDQN in those files is not well defined. If hostname -s and hostname -f return the short and FDQN names respectively, then you should be good to go. -- Jeff _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos