Im noticing that in Fedora 20, if I modify the HOSTNAME=.... parameter to include a typical hostname:
HOSTNAME=machine1.local
It actually replaces the "." with a "-" character , and machine1.local is not pingable.
Why is fedora interchanging the "." character with a dash, given that the "." in a hostname has a very specific meaning, and is usually deliberate?
And my more important question: Whats the right way to set a fully qualified hostname on a local computer (I dont have DNS set up).
HOSTNAME
parameter? From where?