how to properly edit hosts, hostname and resolf.conf?

Question

I have been searching the Internet for a real nop tutorial on the subject but could not found any direct info. on how to edit these files the proper way.

I have a Debian Internet server that I use to host some personal domains and runs Squid and rTorrent. The server is up and running with no problems. However, I am confused about a few things.

Lets say that I named my server (foo), my domain is (example.com) and my public IP is 95.211.133.200 now:

1. should /etc/hostname contains:

   tango.example.com
   

   or

   tango <----- just the server name
   

2. should /etc/hosts contain:

   127.0.0.1       localhost.localdomain   localhost
   95.211.133.200  foo.example.com         foo
   

3. should /etc/resolf.conf contain (along with the name servers) both:

   domain example.com
   search example.com
   

   or just the first one.

   Are there any other files that I should edit in order to make things right?

4. last thing, the command:

   domainname
   
   returns: (none)
   

   I believe it should return (example.com). What should I do to correct that?

Answer 1

/etc/hostname should have just foo

/etc/hosts looks fine

/etc/resolv.conf should probably be example.com for both, depending on your use case. Note that you named it /etc/resolf.conf and it should be v and not f

I don't know about domainname