Tim Rice wrote: > > -HOST=`hostname | cut -f1 -d.` > > -HOSTNAME=`hostname` > > +HOST=`uname -n | cut -f1 -d.` > > +HOSTNAME=`uname -n` > > This may not work as intended. > .... > tim@server01-UnixWare 69% hostname > server01.int.multitalents.net > tim@server01-UnixWare 70% uname -n > server01 > .... I'll just note that on Debian, Ubuntu, other derivatives (such as Mint, Trisquel...) both the "uname -n" and "hostname" values would typically be just the short name. It's not just UnixWare... rwp@havoc:~$ uname -n havoc rwp@havoc:~$ hostname havoc Getting a FQDN is truly not trivial. :-( Bob _______________________________________________ openssh-unix-dev mailing list openssh-unix-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.mindrot.org/mailman/listinfo/openssh-unix-dev