My host file 192.168.0.105 monitorwaves.no-ip.org admin-server 127.0.0.1 localhost admin-desktop # The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts ::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback fe00::0 ip6-localnet ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix ff02::1 ip6-allnodes root@admin-desktop:/home/admin# hostname admin-desktop root@admin-desktop:/home/admin# hostname -f localhost root@admin-desktop:/home/admin# It should be coming out as admin-server and then monitorwaves.no-ip.org right?
The "hostname" doesn't come from the file "hosts" it comes from the file /etc/hostname, which must resolve to something with the resolver. So in your case make /etc/hostname read "admin-desktop", and run Code: hostname -F /etc/hostname then your Code: hostname -f will work
