Hostname problems Ubuntu 6.06 setup

[badgerbox76]

My host file
192.168.0.105 monitorwaves.no-ip.org admin-server
127.0.0.1 localhost admin-desktop

# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes

root@admin-desktop:/home/admin# hostname
admin-desktop
root@admin-desktop:/home/admin# hostname -f
localhost
root@admin-desktop:/home/admin#

It should be coming out as admin-server and then monitorwaves.no-ip.org right?

[EvanCarroll]

Originally Posted by badgerbox76

My host file
192.168.0.105 monitorwaves.no-ip.org admin-server
127.0.0.1 localhost admin-desktop

# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes

root@admin-desktop:/home/admin# hostname
admin-desktop
root@admin-desktop:/home/admin# hostname -f
localhost
root@admin-desktop:/home/admin#

It should be coming out as admin-server and then monitorwaves.no-ip.org right?

The "hostname" doesn't come from the file "hosts" it comes from the file /etc/hostname, which must resolve to something with the resolver.
So in your case make /etc/hostname read "admin-desktop", and run

hostname -F /etc/hostname

then your

hostname -f

will work