[TriLUG] /etc/sysconfig/network question

[Greg Brown]

Yeah, this is a basic one, but one I'm finding conflicting answers for.

1. If a computer is on a DHCP network where the hostname, but not the  
domain information, of that computer is set and typed in during the  
installation should /etc/sysconfig/network contain the fully qualified  
name or just the hostname without the domain info?

i.e. should /etc/sysconfig/network for vtcmail on the network  
gc.lucent.com read just HOSTNAME=vtcmail or  
HOSTNAME=vtcmail.gc.lucent.com?

This page at RH seems to indicate it should be the fully-qualified name  
yet many other google searches say, no, it should only contain the  
fully qualified name:

<"http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-8.0-Manual/ref-guide/s1- 
boot-init-shutdown-sysconfig.html">

Right now, the server I'm having so many troubles with has the  
fully-qualified name in /etc/sysconfig/network

Greg