Hostname changed by some one.

tkmsr · 04-12-2010, 04:01 AM

I have some problem some one changed hostname on my system.
If I do following I see

Code:

knoppix:~# cat /etc/hostname 
debian

knoppix which is coming in left side in above output is not my hostname.
The hostname is debian.

How do I get that name back so that when I do
cat /etc/hostname output is like following.

Code:

debian:~# cat /etc/hostname 
debian

Tuttle · 04-12-2010, 06:09 AM

what does cat /etc/hosts give?

tkmsr · 04-12-2010, 06:45 AM

Code:

# cat /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.1.1 debian

djsmiley2k · 04-12-2010, 07:11 AM

Maybe his prompt has changed;

Check

Code:

/etc/profile, /etc/bashrc, ~/.bash_profile, ~/.bashrc

for anything showing "PS1=...something here"

This might explain why its randomly changed;

tkmsr · 04-13-2010, 12:45 PM

Well to my surprise I do not have any logical reason I rebooted the system out of frustration and the problem is no more.