Re: hostname in logfile?

[bmarcum@iglou.com (Bill Marcum)]

On Mon, Jul 04, 2005 at 11:31:35PM -0400, Jiann-Ming Su wrote:
> Why would the logs change the hostname after a reboot?  Here's what an
> archive /var/log/messages file looks like:
> 
>   Jun 17 17:15:39 localhost exiting on signal 15
>   Jun 17 17:17:04 merlin syslogd 1.4.1#17: restart.
> 
> The strange thing is the hostname isn't even "merlin".  There's no
> reference to "merlin" anywhere.  I don't think the box has been
> hacked.
> 
Have you looked in /etc/hostname?  Have you run chkrootkit?


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