# problem with hostname **URL:** \ **Category:** SLED Configure-Administer\ **Created:** [February 15, 2012, 10:44pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/problem-with-hostname/22218 "2012-02-15T22:44:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![albumns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3bc359/32.png) [@albumns](https://forums.suse.com/u/albumns)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2012, 10:44pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/problem-with-hostname/22218/1 "2012-02-15T22:44:26Z")
Hello: I’ve set my hostname as: ABC and domainname: EDF by YAST I found that when I use command ‘hostname’ in terminal, it said: ABC But I expect it should be ABC.EDF which also display the domain name… Does anybody how to do this? THX ---
**Author:** ![mikewillis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@mikewillis](https://forums.suse.com/u/mikewillis)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2012, 11:28pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/problem-with-hostname/22218/2 "2012-02-15T23:28:11Z")
> [@albumns;2414](#): > > But I expect it should be ABC.EDF which also display the domain name… I would expect it to say ABC not ABC.EDF. If you want the hostname command to show the domain as well use ```auto $ hostname -f ``` For more info see `$ hostname --help $ man hostname` ---
**Author:** ![malcolmlewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/malcolmlewis/32/11375_2.png) [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2012, 11:26pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/problem-with-hostname/22218/3 "2012-02-15T23:26:48Z")
> [@albumns](#): > > Hello: > I’ve set my hostname as: ABC and domainname: EDF by YAST > I found that when I use command ‘hostname’ in terminal, it said: > > ABC > > But I expect it should be ABC.EDF which also display the domain > name… > > Does anybody how to do this? > > THX Hi Use hostname -f (hostname --help 😉 ) – Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890) SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (x86\_64) Kernel 3.0.13-0.19-default up 1 day 22:37, 3 users, load average: 0.00, 0.01, 0.05 CPU Intel i5 CPU M520@2.40GHz | Intel Arrandale GPU ---
**Author:** ![albumns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3bc359/32.png) [@albumns](https://forums.suse.com/u/albumns)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 7:42am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/problem-with-hostname/22218/4 "2012-02-16T07:42:03Z")
Thank you very much for your kind reply. but my academic software was licensed to a machine named “ABC.DEF” which showned in SLES 10. When I update the system into 11, my academic software claimed my machine name is “ABC” not “ABC.DEF” and the license server cannot be started… THX [QUOTE=malcolmlewis;2416]Hi Use hostname -f (hostname --help 😉 ) – Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890) SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (x86\_64) Kernel 3.0.13-0.19-default up 1 day 22:37, 3 users, load average: 0.00, 0.01, 0.05 CPU Intel i5 CPU M520@2.40GHz | Intel Arrandale GPU[/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![albumns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3bc359/32.png) [@albumns](https://forums.suse.com/u/albumns)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 7:52am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/problem-with-hostname/22218/5 "2012-02-16T07:52:58Z")
[QUOTE=mikewillis;2415]I would expect it to say ABC not ABC.EDF. If you want the hostname command to show the domain as well use ```auto $ hostname -f ``` For more info see `$ hostname --help $ man hostname`[/QUOTE] in fact, it doesn’t work with command: hostname -f it said in terminal: hostname: Unknown host ---
**Author:** ![malcolmlewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/malcolmlewis/32/11375_2.png) [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 8:10am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/problem-with-hostname/22218/6 "2012-02-16T08:10:11Z")
> [@albumns](#): > > Thank you very much for your kind reply. > but my academic software was licensed to a machine named “ABC.DEF” > which showned in SLES 10. When I update the system into 11, my academic > software claimed my machine name is “ABC” not “ABC.DEF” and the license > server cannot be started… > > THX > > malcolmlewis;2416 Wrote:[color=blue] > > > Hi > > Use hostname -f (hostname --help 😉 ) > > [/color] Hi So what about the other hostname options any output? Can you check it’s set; ```auto fgrep -r "ABC" /etc/* ``` Where ABC is your hostname, also swap for your domain name. – Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890) SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (x86\_64) Kernel 3.0.13-0.19-default up 2:10, 3 users, load average: 0.06, 0.05, 0.05 CPU Intel i5 CPU M520@2.40GHz | Intel Arrandale GPU ---
**Author:** ![smflood](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/smflood/32/10576_2.png) [@smflood](https://forums.suse.com/u/smflood)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2012, 3:05pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/problem-with-hostname/22218/7 "2012-02-20T15:05:49Z")
On 16/02/2012 05:54, albumns wrote: [color=blue] > in fact, it doesn’t work with command: hostname -f > > it said in terminal: > > hostname: Unknown host[/color] I can confirm on SLES11 SP1 that hostname -f a) works, and b) works correctly _provided_ /etc/hosts has the correct entry in the form IP-Address Full-Qualified-Hostname Short-Hostname With a default install (plus OES11) the entry for my host was IP-Address Short-Hostname Short-Hostname so whilst hostname correctly returned Short-Hostname, hostname -f also returned Short-Hostname whilst hostname -d returned nothing. Editing the /etc/hosts entry to append domain to first Short-HostName value “fixed” the output of both hostname -f and hostname -d. ## HTH. Simon Novell/SUSE/NetIQ Knowledge Partner * * * ## Do you work with Novell technologies at a university, college or school? If so, your campus could benefit from joining the Novell Technology Transfer Partner (TTP) program. See [novell.com/ttp](http://novell.com/ttp) for more details.