[SOLVED] hostname: Unknown host

konzo · 08-07-2010, 02:00 PM

I changed my hostname with the hostname command and check it in /etc/hostname. It is all correct. The name is set. After that I restarted the script

Code:

/etc/init.d/hostname.sh start

The problem is that on my next login when I type
hostname -s or
hostname -a

hostname: Unknown host

appear. What am I missing? I use Debian 5.05

rsciw · 08-07-2010, 02:20 PM

What's the output of
cat /etc/hosts
cat /etc/hostname

konzo · 08-07-2010, 02:23 PM

here is the output

Code:

kodeserver:~# cat /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1       localhost
xxx.xx.xx.xxx    kodeserver.kdelchev.com kodeserver

# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1     localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
ff02::3 ip6-allhosts
kodeserver:~# cat /etc/hostname
kodeserver

rsciw · 08-07-2010, 02:38 PM

Some folks on the net suggest to add a FQDN to /etc/hosts

try adding
localhost.lan or something similar next to localhost and see what happens.

Otherwise I'm at a loss too, hasn't happened to me yet

konzo · 08-07-2010, 02:43 PM

Seems the restarting solve the problem. (win experience matters

)
now telnet localhost 25 shows the new host and domain name.

Thank you for the quick reply.