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khostname(8)
NAME
  khostname - Displays the fully qualified domain name required for building
  principal names and configuration files

SYNOPSIS
  /krb5/bin/khostname [hostname]

OPERAND
  hostname
	  Displays the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the specified
	  system hostname. Any aliases are resolved to the host name.

DESCRIPTION
  The khostname command returns the fully qualified domain name required for
  building principal names and configuration files.  The names returned by
  khostname are used in the krb.conf and krb.realms files.

  Host names are a critical element in a Kerberos Single Sign-On (SSO)
  environment. Host names are used to build principal names. Principal names
  must match exactly across the network for SSO to work correctly.

SEE ALSO
  Files: krb.conf(4), krb.realms( 4)

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