openssh-2.9p2, short hostnames

[Pekka Savola]

On Mon, 1 Oct 2001, Hans Werner Strube wrote:
> > For systems where the local hostname is obtained as a short name without
> > domain, there should be a ssh_config option "DefaultDomain" as in ssh-3.x
> > from ssh.com.
> Below there is a patch which implements this. But it does not abort (as
> ssh-3.x does) if the host name is not FQDN, since within the local net
> there is no need for this. By making the config entry conditional for names
> with dots, a short "chost" name can be used within the local net and the
> FQDN otherwise:
> Host *.*
>    DefaultDomain my.local.net
> Host *
> #  no DefaultDomain

I don't think it is a good idea to hack _ssh_ to support this.  Why don't
you use FQDN's as hostnames like most of the other people?

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