On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 13:33:01 +0100, Chris Lale wrote: >Liam O'Toole wrote: >>[...] >> The output you quote above is the result of init invoking >> >> /etc/init.d/hostname.sh start >> >>What happens when you do this manually? > # hostname desktop > # hostname > desktop > > # /etc/init.d/hostname.sh > Setting hostname to 'earth'...done. > > >>Are there any weird permissions >>on the file /etc/hostname? >> >> > ># ls -l /etc/hostname >-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6 2006-06-14 16:26 /etc/hostname > >It seems that the hostname command does not actually modify the /etc/hostname >file, yet the hostname command does report the new name. > > # hostname desktop > > # cat /etc/hostname > earth > > # hostname > desktop > >Perhaps hostname is reading from /proc rather than /etc/hostname? > >A workaround is to change the hostname by editing /etc/hostname directly. > > # echo desktop > /etc/hostname Isn't /etc/hosts involved in this as well? At least for 'hostname -f' is seems to be. /M -- Magnus Therning (OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4) magnus@therning.org Jabber: magnus.therning@gmail.com http://therning.org/magnus Software is not manufactured, it is something you write and publish. Keep Europe free from software patents, we do not want censorship by patent law on written works. "He dropped his voice still lower. In the stillness, a fly would not have dared clear its throat."
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