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  1. Bug #1276796
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Comment 0 for bug 1276796

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Rodney Beede (business2008+launchpad) wrote : bash fails to provide FQDN for PS1 with \H

When using "\H" in the PS1 prompt value bash is not displaying the FQDN but instead only the short form hostname. This is the same as "\h".

Issue has also been noted at
http://serverfault.com/questions/296970/bash-prompt-on-ubuntu-fqdn-h-same-as-hostname-h
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bash/+question/200900

This appears related to /etc/hostname only having the host and not the FQDN.

Bash should obtain the \H value from somewhere other than /etc/hostname.