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> Some versions of sysklogd die at bootup when your net is not running
> (as in under ppp). Adding entries in /etc/hosts may solve your
> problem. See a recent thread in the comp.os.linux groups...
Thanks, that did it!
For the record, here's the solution to this problem:
Ed Merrifield ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> This way I solved this is to put my hostname on the same line as the
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] in the etc/hosts file. This solved the problem. I
> noticed the same thing you did with ppp. My guess is that when the
> network isn't up, syslogd checks $HOSTNAME or /etc/HOSTNAME and then looks
> for that in /etc/hosts.
Sure enough, I didn't have my hostname in /etc/hosts, I only had my FQDN
in there. I haven't rebooted to test it yet, but it fits perfectly with my
memory of changes on the system..
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