[Ludovic Hirlimann]

Hi,

my webserver runs jaguar [10.2.8], has a static IP and a name in one of my domains. Currently the hostname command returns host.local instead of host.mydomain. I have severl scripts that uses the hostname command to find the name of the server they are running on. I would like to configure my machine so hostname returns the host.mydomain name and *not* host.local. What should I do to achive this little goal ?

[Mac Write]

The simplest way is to change the computer name in the sharing control panel to the domain you want.

[Ludovic Hirlimann]

Originally posted by Mac Write:
The simplest way is to change the computer name in the sharing control panel to the domain you want.

In the sharing panel I have :
perso.hirlimann.net
perso [.local] for rendez-vous. Do you mean that removing this last entry should do the trick ?

[Xeo]

If you're computer has a FQDN (fully qualified domain name), then it should be the output of the hostname command. But if that's not working, you can always do sudo hostname my.domain.com.