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eGore911
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 Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2003 4:57 pm Post subject: hostname problem |
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Hi all,
i can't get my hostname working. I don't know what went wrong, but something did.
My /etc/hostname contains:
egore913
/etc/init.d/hostname is loaded at boot, telling me:
Setting hostname to "egore913"
But my login says me
"This is (none).nkown_domain (....)..."
(none) login :
I tried reemerging baselayout, i recompiled kernel.... and now i'm wondering what is/may be wrong. Thx for any help |
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bonsaikitten
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Location: Shanghai, China
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| Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2003 6:28 pm Post subject: |
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what happens if you start/restart
/etc/init.d/hostname
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I've had a similar error but never cared much for it  |
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eGore911
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| Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2003 7:46 am Post subject: |
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/etc/init.d/hostname does not set my hostname
i tried "/etc/init.d/hostname status" (tells me is running) and then "/etc/init.d/hostname restart". But /bin/hostname returns nothing, eventhough "/etc/init.d/hostname status" tells me it is running .... no idea |
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BurnedOutGeek
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| Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2003 11:21 pm Post subject: |
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I have the same problem. I have searched for an answer, but nothing fixes it. Anyone?
Mark |
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dbergst
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Joined: 25 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2003 11:54 pm Post subject: Re: hostname problem |
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| eGore911 wrote: | Hi all,
i can't get my hostname working. I don't know what went wrong, but something did.
My /etc/hostname contains:
egore913
/etc/init.d/hostname is loaded at boot, telling me:
Setting hostname to "egore913"
But my login says me
"This is (none).nkown_domain (....)..."
(none) login :
I tried reemerging baselayout, i recompiled kernel.... and now i'm wondering what is/may be wrong. Thx for any help |
This is somewhat covered in the comments in /etc/init.d/hostname, i.e.:
# We use whatever is in /etc/hostname here. That means:
#
# 1) For doing it the proper way, you should NOT put a
# FQDN in there, but:
# a) Only have the hostname in there (no dns/nis domainname)
# b) Set the dnsdomainname via /etc/resolv.conf
# c) Set the nisdomainname via 'domainname'.
#
# 2) If the user want a FQDN in there, it should be possible
# without hacking things to pieces, but then he should
# know what he is doing ...
#
What I did to resolve a similar problem was to populate the following files:
/etc/hostname - put short name of machine in this file (not FQDN)
/etc/dnsdomainname - name of local DNS domain machine is in
/etc/nisdomainname - name of local NIS domain, even though I am not running NIS, I set it the same as the DNS the domain name (this solved the "none" text at the console logon prompt) |
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