Re: hostname set to "new-host"
On Wed, 12 Oct 2011 09:47:24 -0500
Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> wrote:
> Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> writes:
>
> >> > Just rebooted my system, and the hostname is now set to
> >> > 'new-host' (/etc/hostname still contains the correct hostname). Anybody
> >> > seeing this, or understand why?
> >>
> >> What is in /etc/hosts
> >
> > Nothing that seems particularly relevant - is there anything I should
> > look for?
>
> I suspected that term had somehow gotten into /etc/hosts, and some
> processes look there for host name. Sounds like that is not the case.
A good guess, but 'new-host' doesn't appear there. Thanks.
Celejar
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