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konzo 08-07-2010 02:00 PM
hostname: Unknown host
 
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.


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