[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-615472 ] socket.getfqdn() doesn't on Windows
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Bugs item #615472, was opened at 2002-09-27 07:32
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Category: Python Library
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Robert Olson (olson)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: socket.getfqdn() doesn't on Windows
Initial Comment:
On windows, socket.getfqdn() doesn't return a fully qualified
name. Further, it returns the NETBIOS name (I think they call it
that) of the computer, not a name that's useful for
networking:
C:\>\Python22\python.exe
Python
2.2.1 (#34, Apr 9 2002, 19:34:33) [MSC 32 bit (Intel)] on
win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more
information.
>>> import socket
>>>
socket.getfqdn()
'lorax'
Python 2.2.1 (from
python.org), Windows 2000.
--bob
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