[Lxc-users] "hostname --fqdn" returns just an error message

[Papp Tamas]

On 05/07/2012 05:19 PM, Harald Dunkel wrote:
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> Hi folks,
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> Running "hostname --fqdn" in an lxc client returns an error
> message on stderr and an empty string on stdout:
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> 	# hostname --fqdn
> 	hostname: Name or service not known
>
> This breaks _many_ scripts and tools (e.g. zabbix_agentd)
> and is highly painful.
>
> Would it be possible to make the lxc client more compatible
> to a real system in this case? Usually running
> "hostname --fqdn" doesn't require any special privileges.
>
>
> Many thanx in advance
>

It works. You have local problem.

tamas