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"Strictly speaking, there is no such thing as network-unrelated "computer name" in Linux" - Doesn't it depend on the service? For example, I think the Windows equivalent is the NetBIOS name. Its the friendly name without the domain parts, and it may be different from the host part of a domain name (fully qualified or not).

user56041
– user56041

2016-06-17 04:19:53 +00:00
Commented Jun 17, 2016 at 4:19
NetBIOS name is still a network name, even if it's different from a domain name.

Dmitry Grigoryev
– Dmitry Grigoryev

2016-06-17 08:24:38 +00:00
Commented Jun 17, 2016 at 8:24
tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1178 advises NOT to use a domain name for the name of your computer. One computer can provide a server for multiple domain names. In this case hostname can only supply one of the servers.

Elliptical view
– Elliptical view

2020-10-01 05:33:13 +00:00
Commented Oct 1, 2020 at 5:33

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