On 10/27/23 07:50, Greg Wooledge wrote:
On Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 07:29:20AM -0400, Pocket wrote:On 10/27/23 07:12, gene heskett wrote:I tried to change just this machine to see how its done, and managed to get all the right answers, which did not affect my local network since I generally use the alias name for an ssh or sshfs login, but on a reboot its all gone. So how the heck do we do that so it survives a reboot?*What* is "all gone"? Show us commands and their output, and then explain why the output is not what you expected./etc/hostsIf you're using short-form hostnames like this: unicorn:~$ hostname unicorn then yeah, that's all you need. If you're using long-form hostnames (with dots in them), then you also need to configure /etc/hostname. I use the short-form hostnames, so mine is simply: unicorn:~$ cat /etc/hostname unicorn Couldn't be simpler, really. .
You saw my hosts entry in the last post, but again 192.168.71.3 coyote.home.arpa coyotebut after a reboot, domainname returns none, and the /etc/domainname file has been deleted. As in not visible to an ls of /etc. hostname works as it should. My hosts file is all long form, dotted names with a trailing alias. So I just sudo edited /etc/domainname, and entered "home.arpa\return" and wrote the flle.
results: gene@coyote:/etc$ sudo nano domainnane [sudo] password for gene: gene@coyote:/etc$ domainname (none) gene@coyote:/etc$ cat domainname cat: domainname: No such file or directorynow I see the typu. sudo mv to fx the files name. but even with a corrected filename visible to an ls:
gene@coyote:/etc$ domainname (none) gene@coyote:/etc$ cat domainname home.arpaI'd reboot again, but that, by the time I get everything remounted and my system fully operational, takes me entering my pw about 20 times. when done I am logged into 6 other machines via an ssh -X login to each, and I've a sshfs file transfer link setup to each so mc can copy work output around. Then I can go to work.
Why was the domainname I set and could see with a cat, deleted by a reboot? Seems to be the question for the day... I sure didn't delete it. But it was gone after a reboot. Seems to me there ought to be a PERMANENT way to do this. Now, even if the file exists, its ignored.
Cheers, Gene Heskett. -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis