On 10/02/2006 05:23 AM, Chris Lale wrote:
Kent West wrote:
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No, I mean it seems odd that he changes "/etc/hostname", and after
reboot it has changed back to the original.
Or at least, that's what I understood him to say in his original post.
Yes, that's it. My packages are up-to-date, my wireless/ADSL
modem/router box (Philips SA6500) is switched off, Samba and NFS are
purged from the system and any references to the original hostname
("earth") in /etc/hosts are commented out.
The original hostname is "earth". I want to change it to "desktop". This
is what happens:
# hostname
earth
# hostname desktop
# hostname
desktop
# shutdown -r now
During reboot I see (blink and you'll miss it)
INIT: version 2.86 booting
Setting hostname to 'earth' ... done
The above two consecutive lines do not appear in dmesg output.
# hostname
earth
Chris.
I did this to check where hostname is set:
$ cd /etc/init.d
$ grep hostname *
hostname.sh:# hostname.sh Set hostname.
hostname.sh:# Version: @(#)hostname.sh 1.10 26-Feb-2001
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hostname.sh:if [ -f /etc/hostname ]
hostname.sh: hostname --file /etc/hostname
It looks to me like /etc/init.d/hostname.sh (/etc/rcS.d/S40hostname.sh)
is the only place where the hostname is set, and it uses but does not
modify /etc/hostname. Search in /etc/init.d to see if you have the same
results.
Another idea might be to make /etc/hostname read-only (chmod 0444), but
that might force it to work without fixing the underlying problem.
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