Re: User is "myname@(none)"

[Andrei Popescu <andreimpopescu@gmail.com>]

Hal Vaughan <hal@thresholddigital.com> wrote:

> I had to do some minor reconfiguring on my LAN (basically just changing 
> the UPS), but it including having to juggle a few systems around and 
> reconnect cables.  Everything is set up as it should be, but now, when 
> I bring up, the host is "(none)" and when I log in, my prompt that 
> would normally be "myname@workstation" is now "myname@(none)".  I 
> haven't changed any config settings, but /etc/hostname is now an empty 
> file.
> 
> What could have changed this just through shutting down and rebooting?  
> I've never heard of this problem or anything else like it before.  I 
> can go through and change my settings to restore the host name, but I 
> don't want this to happen again.
> 
> Any suggestions what could have caused this?

DHCP (lack of)?

Regards,
Andrei
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