Re: Agghh! hostname in Woody install

[Shyamal Prasad <shyamal.prasad@sbcglobal.net>]

    "Bret" == Bret Comstock Waldow <bwaldow@compuserve.com> writes:

    Bret> I've been through the install several times, I fill in the
    Bret> name of my machine when asked during the install, but it
    Bret> never shows up.  There is never a 'hosts' file in /etc,
    Bret> although there are 'hosts.allow' and 'hosts.deny' files
    Bret> (apparently set up in response to leafnode configuration).

Your hostname shows in a file called /etc/hostname. Is that file
missing? 

Are you saying that there is no /etc/hosts file at all? If that file
exists it is likely your hostname will not be in it if there is no
network configured.

/Shyamal