hostname -s returns unknown host
Issue
The command hostname -s returns "hostname: Unknown host" even if the hostname is correctly set and retrievable in its long form with 'hostname'
An example:
# hostname
testhost.localdomain.com
# hostname -s
hostname: Unknown host
Environment
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
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