[Samba] Ubuntu client ddns failure [SOLVED]

[Rowland Penny]

On 22/05/14 13:47, steve wrote:
> On 22/05/14 14:39, L.P.H. van Belle wrote:
>> yes, but what if the dhcp changes its ip..  ;-)  =>  error
>>
>> so better fix the source problem.
>>
>>
>>> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
>>> Van: rowlandpenny at googlemail.com
>>> [mailto:samba-bounces at lists.samba.org] Namens Rowland Penny
>>> Verzonden: donderdag 22 mei 2014 14:39
>>> Aan: samba at lists.samba.org
>>> Onderwerp: Re: [Samba] Ubuntu client ddns failure [SOLVED]
>>>
>>> On 22/05/14 13:33, L.P.H. van Belle wrote:
>>>> At the install of ubunt i should have ask the domainname.
>>>> Did you enter it? ( i gues not ) common problem, lots of
>>> people dont fill anything here.
>>>>
>>>> Louis
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
>>>>> Van: steve at steve-ss.com [mailto:samba-bounces at lists.samba.org]
>>>>> Namens steve
>>>>> Verzonden: donderdag 22 mei 2014 14:29
>>>>> Aan: samba at lists.samba.org
>>>>> Onderwerp: Re: [Samba] Ubuntu client ddns failure [SOLVED]
>>>>>
>>>>> On 22/05/14 14:22, Rowland Penny wrote:
>>>>>> On 22/05/14 13:19, steve wrote:
>>>>>>> Nailed it:
>>>>>>> /etc/hostname has to have the fqdn:
>>>>>>> lubuntu-laptop.hh3.site
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So now, hostname returns incorrectly but hostname -s and
>>> hostname -f
>>>>>>> are OK. That gotta be a bug no?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Relief.
>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>> Steve
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> You beat me to it, I thought that might be a workround,
>>> but what does
>>>>>> opensuse have in /etc/hostname ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Rowland
>>>>> Great minds Rowland. . .
>>>>> openSUSE has the short hostname, as expected.
>>>>> So, on Ubuntu, hostname is wrong but hostname -f, hostname -d and
>>>>> hostname -d are still OK.
>>>>>
>>>>> Just worried that the wrong entry in /etc/hostname is gonna break
>>>>> something we've not met yet.
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> Steve
>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>> Hi Louis, I don't think that is the problem, as far as I can see, all
>>> that does is put the fqdn into /etc/hosts
>>>
>>> Rowland
>>>
>
> Where does Ubuntu store the domain name?
> S
>
>
It would seem that it stores it in /etc/hosts

Rowland