Re: Hostname (none) after dist-upgrade

[Jeff Dickison <jeffd@gmail.com>]

On Tue, 20 Mar 2007, Hans du Plooy wrote:

> Hi guys,
>
> I did a dist-upgrade from sarge to etch on a server and all went well,
> except for one thing.  At console, I now see this:
>
> root@(none):~#hostname
> (none)
> root@(none):~# hostname -f
> hostname: Unknown host
>
> BUT:
>
> root@(none):~# cat /etc/hostname
> rimwards.obscured.tld
> root@(none):~# cat /etc/hosts
> 127.0.0.1       localhost
> 80.xxx.xxx.xxx     rimwards.obscured.tld rimwards
>
> Has anyone seen this or know how to fix it?  I'm chasing my tail right now.
>
> Thanks
> Hans

Hi Hans,

Having it in /etc/hostname should do it, it's actually referenced by 
/etc/init.d/hostname.sh.  So, you might also want to check that it is 
actually being called at
boot.

you can also set it in /etc/sysctl.conf , add:
kernel.hostname=your.host.name

then,  sysctl -p , and you are all set.

hth,
Jeff
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