[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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>Comment By: Robert Olson (olson)
Date: 2002-09-29 18:32

Message:
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Is this what you're looking for?

$ python
Python 2.1.1 (#2, Aug 
23 2001, 10:41:44) 
[GCC 2.95.3-5 (cygwin special)] on 
cygwin
Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more 
information.
>>> import socket
>>> 
socket.getfqdn()
'only'
>>> 
socket.gethostname()
'only'
>>> 
socket.gethostbyaddr(socket.gethostname())
('only', [], 
['140.221.10.174', '192.168.153.1', '192.168.43.1'])

(different 
machine & python, same behavior; the one I used before is now on a 
network where it doesn't have a real name).

I've seen this on all the 
Windows machines I've used; it seems like Windows refuses to let the 
DNS-based name come through, if it already thinks it knows the name 
based on the Netbios name of the machine.

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Comment By: Martin v. Löwis (loewis)
Date: 2002-09-29 17:23

Message:
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This is not true; getfqdn returns a fully qualified name
even on Windows. If it doesn't do that on your system, this
reason is different than just being Windows.

Can you please report the outcome of the following calls?

socket.gethostname()
name = _
gethostbyaddr(name)


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