FQDN please

[d0mufasa]

Hello all,

1. I have a DNS server on opensuse 10.3
2. the domain: kdc.pridelands.com is LOCAL only (no access to outside world)
3. the nameserver is installed on zazu.kdc.pridelands.com
4. the mailserver will be installed on zazu.kdc.pridelands.com (there are 5 local machines that will send email to each other)
5. reverse lookup for the DNSserver has been done

PROBLEM:
"hostname" returns "zazu"
NEEDED:
"hostname" to return "zazu.kdc.pridelands.com"
WHY:
ZIMBRA product NEEDS for "hostname" to return the FQDN
>>zazu:~ # dig -x 192.168.1.70
Please provide advice as to how to make this happen. Information is below.

TIA

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>> zazu:~ # hostname
zazu

>> zazu:~ # hostname -f
zazu.kdc.pridelands.com


>> zazu:~ # ping zazu
PING zazu.kdc.pridelands.com (192.168.1.70) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from zazu.kdc.pridelands.com (192.168.1.70): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.028 ms


>> zazu:~ # cat /etc/HOSTNAME
zazu.kdc.pridelands.com

>>zazu:~ # dig -x 192.168.1.70

; <<>> DiG 9.4.1-P1 <<>> -x 192.168.1.70
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 37951
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;70.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa. IN PTR

;; ANSWER SECTION:
70.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa. 172800 IN PTR zazu.kdc.pridelands.com.

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
1.168.192.in-addr.arpa. 172800 IN NS 70.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa.

;; Query time: 0 msec
;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1)
;; WHEN: Sun Apr 11 10:31:52 2010
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 94



>>zazu:~ # dig zazu.kdc.pridelands.com

; <<>> DiG 9.4.1-P1 <<>> zazu.kdc.pridelands.com
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 57961
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;zazu.kdc.pridelands.com. IN A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
zazu.kdc.pridelands.com. 172800 IN A 192.168.1.70

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
kdc.pridelands.com. 172800 IN NS zazu.kdc.pridelands.com.

;; Query time: 0 msec
;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1)
;; WHEN: Sun Apr 11 10:30:04 2010
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 71




>>zazu:~ # dig zazu

; <<>> DiG 9.4.1-P1 <<>> zazu
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 40162
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;zazu. IN A

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
. 10800 IN SOA A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. NSTLD.VERISIGN-GRS.COM. 2010041100 1800 900 604800 86400

;; Query time: 44 msec
;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1)
;; WHEN: Sun Apr 11 10:28:49 2010
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 97


>> zazu:~ # cat /etc/hosts
#
# hosts This file describes a number of hostname-to-address
# mappings for the TCP/IP subsystem. It is mostly
# used at boot time, when no name servers are running.
# On small systems, this file can be used instead of a
# "named" name server.
# Syntax:
#
# IP-Address Full-Qualified-Hostname Short-Hostname
#

127.0.0.1 localhost

# special IPv6 addresses
::1 localhost ipv6-localhost ipv6-loopback

fe00::0 ipv6-localnet

ff00::0 ipv6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ipv6-allnodes
ff02::2 ipv6-allrouters
ff02::3 ipv6-allhosts

[scathefire]

so is it actually running the hostname command? if so, you could just add

alias hostname='hostname -f'

to your .bashrc file of the user if its being ran from the terminal. when you do add it, you have to invoke another shell to make it take effect.

[HROAdmin26]

Hmm...I've been running Zimbra servers for ~2+ years and thru a couple of upgrades...

My Zimbra installs have no such requirement. In general, "hostname" is expected to return the shortname, while the -f switch appends the domain to the shortname.

[trutheality]

I remember having a similar problem when I had to set up a Globus Grid...

The quick fix there was to include the fqdn and corresponding ip as the first entry in /etc/hosts