On Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 3:59 PM Bob Proulx <bob@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Chris Green wrote: > > Isn't it just 'hostname -f'? > > > > chris$ hostname -f > > t470.zbmc.eu > > chris$ hostname > > t470 > > The hostname -f option is a "new-ish" Linux specific option. It's not > portable. And because it works by doing a reverse DNS lookup it > depends upon live network connectivity at that moment working for the > network lookup and the results are spotty depending upon how DNS is > set up and how many IP addresses are configured on the host. > > It's problematic. > > Bob It looks in /etc/hosts first, which works very well when DNS is unavailable and when the host his publishing a dynamic DNS entry. _______________________________________________ openssh-unix-dev mailing list openssh-unix-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.mindrot.org/mailman/listinfo/openssh-unix-dev
