https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/uname/m-p/2497380#M20291 You can set the uname value to FQDN but it might break some applications (typical tools and utilities) that are not expecting .com type names. Thu, 22 Feb 2001 16:48:30 GMT Bill Hassell 2001-02-22T16:48:30Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/uname/m-p/2497378#M20289 <BR />Is it possible to make uname under HP-UX<BR />show the fully qualified nodename of the<BR />machine? I have set the hostname to the<BR />long one, but uname still returns the short<BR />one.<BR /><BR />Any help would be appreciated. Thu, 22 Feb 2001 16:37:58 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/uname/m-p/2497378#M20289 Kathryn Lybarger 2001-02-22T16:37:58Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/uname/m-p/2497379#M20290 uname does not return the FQDN. Might want to look at nslookup. This will return the FQDN if it is defined in the hosts file or in the DNS tables. Look at how nsswitch.conf is setup. Thu, 22 Feb 2001 16:42:29 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/uname/m-p/2497379#M20290 Rick Garland 2001-02-22T16:42:29Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/uname/m-p/2497380#M20291 You can set the uname value to FQDN but it might break some applications (typical tools and utilities) that are not expecting .com type names. Thu, 22 Feb 2001 16:48:30 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/uname/m-p/2497380#M20291 Bill Hassell 2001-02-22T16:48:30Z