Hi Glenn,
On Sat, 12 Nov 2016 08:50:46 -0700 Glenn English <ghe2...@gmail.com> wrote: ... > >It never occurred to me that something might be looking at aliases; I thought >the IP >address was the important thing. And the srv...dmz entry is commented out >because I >thought it might somehow be used. > >I'll remove all mentions of srv (and lots of others to make it shorter) and >see. > >The hosts file is now: > >> root@srv:~# cat /etc/hosts >> # /etc/hosts: This file describes a number of hostname-to-address >> # >> # This is to be sent to all hosts that need a hosts file >> # (don't really know how yet...) >> # >> # Host Database >> # localhost is used to configure the loopback interface >> # sudo cp hosts /etc ; dist `pwd`/hosts /etc all hosts >> # The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts >> # when the system is booting. Do not change this entry. >> # >> ::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback >> fe00::0 ip6-localnet >> ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix >> ff02::1 ip6-allnodes >> ff02::2 ip6-allrouters >> ff02::3 ip6-allhosts >> >> 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain lh lcl >> >> # pass I slsware.org -- all routable IPs; no NAT >> 216.17.203.64 slsware.org >> 216.17.203.65 out.slsware.org oso >> 216.17.203.66 srv.slsware.org sso This might be your problem?? ^^^^^ I suspect the above line should be: 216.17.203.66 srv.slsware.org srv with the last field matching the hostname. -Jason >> 216.17.203.67 gobook.slsware.org gso gbo >> 216.17.203.68 unused0.slsware.org u0so >> 216.17.203.69 unused1.slsware.org u1so >> 216.17.203.70 printer.slsware.org pso >> 216.17.203.71 broadcast.slsware.org bso >> >> # misc ne'r-do-wells >> 127.0.0.2 ad.doubleclick.net >> 127.0.0.2 mmv.admob.com > >The *only* mention of srv is with the right domain and the right IP. > >After a reboot: > >> root@srv:~# hostname >> srv >> root@srv:~# hostname -f >> hostname: Name or service not known > >And just in case it's the IP: > >> root@srv:~# ifconfig >> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:25:90:d5:16:34 >> inet addr:216.17.203.66 Bcast:216.17.203.71 Mask:255.255.255.248 >> inet6 addr: fe80::225:90ff:fed5:1634/64 Scope:Link >> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 >> RX packets:459 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 >> TX packets:470 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 >> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 >> RX bytes:47597 (46.4 KiB) TX bytes:49637 (48.4 KiB) >> Interrupt:16 Memory:fbce0000-fbd00000 >> >> eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:25:90:d5:16:35 >> inet addr:192.168.3.66 Bcast:192.168.3.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 >> UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 >> RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 >> TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 >> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 >> RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) >> Interrupt:17 Memory:fbde0000-fbe00000 >> >> lo Link encap:Local Loopback >> inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 >> inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host >> UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1 >> RX packets:68 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 >> TX packets:68 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 >> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 >> RX bytes:17189 (16.7 KiB) TX bytes:17189 (16.7 KiB) > >And: > >> root@srv:~# cat /proc/sys/kernel/domainname >> (none) > >It doesn't give the www answer anymore; it must have been doing something >(odd) with >hosts. But now it claims it can't find anything. > >> "hostname" returns what is in /etc/hostname (unless changed agfter >> system startup). >> >> "hostname -f" returns the part up to the first dot from whatever is >> returned by resolving "hostname" against /etc/hosts. > >The 2 dots after resolving hostname, maybe? That does sound very reasonable, >but it >doesn't seem to be working. And how does /proc get a domainname. >
