hostname drops off between remote sessions
I rent a VPS from Contabo, in Germany (as if the location were
relevant), which is still running wheezy.
Lately, when I access it (generally via ssh) the hostname appears to be
changed to (none). I have yet to determine if this is only when I've
had to remotely restart is from the contabo control panel, or just
any/every time I log-in again, but it seems kind of random.
I just reset it with hostname $mychosenhostname, and that remains the
hostname for the duration of my session, but I'll come back another time
(Like I said, I have yet to rule out or determine whether it's only
after reboots or not, although I'm beginning to suspect it is.), and it
will be (none) again, although my /etc/hosts file appears unchanged.
(paste)
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
127.0.1.1 ip-185-226-238-178.contabo.net ip-185-226-238-178
178.238.226.185 myownsite.me myownsite
178.238.226.185 mail.myownsite.me myownsite.me
178.238.226.185 tonybaldwin.me myownsite.me
178.238.226.185 mail.myownsite.me myownsite
# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
# 178.238.226.185 vmi12265.contabo.net vmi12265
178.238.226.185 www.myownsite.me myownsite
(/paste)
It never, for several years, used to do this, it is recent, and to me,
perplexing behaviour.
When I log in, I want to see
tony@myownsite.me:~$ not tony@(none):~$
Now, I'm reading
here:https://www.vultr.com/docs/how-to-change-your-hostname-on-debian
That I have to run /etc/init.d/hostname.sh, which I do not ever recall
having to do in the past to permanently set my hostname, and when I try
to run that, I get an error about my hostname not being valid
:/etc/init.d# ./hostname.sh start
hostname: the specified hostname is invalid
What's going on here?
Why am I having so much headache with something as simple as setting
permanently the hostname?
This all started in about the last 60-90 days. Prior to that I do not
recall ever seeing this oddity.
Thanks,
Tony
--
http://tonybaldwin.me
all tony, all the time
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