diff --git a/hostname.go b/hostname.go
index cf033df..62803c1 100644
--- a/hostname.go
+++ b/hostname.go
@@ -42,9 +42,19 @@ func getHostname() {
 // On Linux, /etc/hosts, /etc/hostname
 //      and domainname and hostname
 func goodHostname(h string) bool {
-	hostname := shell.Cat("/etc/hostname")	
+	hostname := shell.Chomp(shell.Cat("/etc/hostname"))
 	log.Println("hostname =", hostname)
 
+	hs := run("hostname -s")
+	dn := run("domainname")
+	log.Println("hostname short =", hs, "domainname =", dn)
+
+	tmp := hs + "." + dn
+	if (hostname == tmp) {
+		log.Println("hostname seems to be good", hostname)
+		return true
+	}
+
 	return false
 }
 
diff --git a/run.go b/run.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..510007e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/run.go
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+	"os/exec"
+
+	"git.wit.org/wit/shell"
+)
+
+func run(s string) string {
+	cmdArgs := strings.Fields(s)
+	// Define the command you want to run
+	// cmd := exec.Command(cmdArgs)
+	cmd := exec.Command(cmdArgs[0], cmdArgs[1:len(cmdArgs)]...)
+
+	// Create a buffer to capture the output
+	var out bytes.Buffer
+
+	// Set the output of the command to the buffer
+	cmd.Stdout = &out
+
+	// Run the command
+	err := cmd.Run()
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println("Error running command:", err)
+		return ""
+	}
+
+	tmp := shell.Chomp(out.String())
+	// Output the results
+	fmt.Println("Command Output:", tmp)
+
+	return tmp
+}
+