On Wed, 21.08.13 21:06, Simo Sorce (simo@xxxxxxxxxx) wrote: > > I would like us to change our default to use long hostname instead as in > > the fqdn or "container01.ackme.com" and would love any kind of feed back > > in that regard ( why we should not default to that ). > > +1 always good to show the full name IMO, at least at the ssh/shell > level, let the pretty graphical UIs be more lax and try to prettify > things. If you want that, then simply use the fqdn as hostname in /etc/hostname. However, in the general case its a bad idea, since the suffix might depend on the available network connectivity and might need a DNS lookup and we certainly shouldn't delay the local login prompt for a DNS lookup... Lennart -- Lennart Poettering - Red Hat, Inc. -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
