do you use etherconf? i had the same thing it changed my hostname to progeny and killed my hosts file.. On Wed, Dec 13, 2000 at 03:25:28PM -0500, Josh Huber wrote: > Ah...this is odd. > > I think a apt-get upgrade yesterday changed my /etc/hostname to > 'progeny'...I'm pretty sure this is a bad thing. :) > > ttyl,