chomp($temp = `hostname`);
die "'hostname' didn't return anything\n" unless defined $temp and length $temp;
-$parm_hostname = (gethostbyname($temp))[0];
-$parm_hostname = "no.host.name.found" unless defined $parm_hostname and length $parm_hostname;
+if ($temp =~ /\./)
+ {
+ $parm_hostname = $temp;
+ }
+else
+ {
+ $parm_hostname = (gethostbyname($temp))[0];
+ $parm_hostname = "no.host.name.found" unless defined $parm_hostname and length $parm_hostname;
+ }
print "Hostname is $parm_hostname\n";
if ($parm_hostname !~ /\./)