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Does your hosts file have something funny going on? (What's in /etc/hosts?)
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OS: Debian 5.0 Lenny
/etc/hosts:
[code:1]127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.1.1 example.com
# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1 localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
ff02::3 ip6-allhosts[/code:1]
So this is a little bit funny: "127.0.1.1 example.com"
What do you get from the following two commands:
hostname
hostname -f
You probably actually want a real IP address, rather than a loopback, and you also want two names on the example.com line. For example:
70.86.4.238 virtualmin.com virtualmin
This explains the display weirdness.
As for the 127.0.1.1 thing, Debian/Ubuntu have started doing this to deal with a reality of mostly dynamic IP addresses...but it's a funky solution to the problem, with some odd side effects. Anyway, in a server, you want a regular static IP (even if it's just a private one, like 192.168.1.1) and not a second lo address.
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My server's IP is static.
I have changed my <i>/etc/hosts/</i> with:
[code:1]192.168.0.1 example-domain.com example-domain[/code:1]
but problem still remains (hostname without dot and after in panel).
When I type <i>hostname</i>, it's the same like <i>hostname -f</i>, and it just shows <i>example-domain.com</i>.
My domain is with dash in name, maybe it's the problem?
I show you the rest of hostname commands:
<i>uname -n</i> -> example-domain.com
<i>hostname -a</i> -> example-domain
<i>hostname -s</i> -> example-domain
<i>hostname -d</i> -> com
<i>hostname -f</i> -> example-domain.com
<i>hostname</i> -> example-domain.com
This is actually a bug in Webmin 1.480 - on that Hostname and DNS Client page, it always shows the short hostname. However, it will save whatever fully-qualified hostname you enter.
This will be fixed in Webmin 1.490.
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