> Calling hostname alone works, it produces the host's name. However any other > call > to host name produces this error message: hostname: Name or service not known > > i.e. hostname -i
Is your hostname resolvable, e.g. by other tools? The error message sounds like a system that is not able to resolv the hostname. Michael -- Michael Meskes Michael at Fam-Meskes dot De, Michael at Meskes dot (De|Com|Net|Org) Michael at BorussiaFan dot De, Meskes at (Debian|Postgresql) dot Org ICQ 179140304, AIM/Yahoo/Skype michaelmeskes, Jabber mes...@jabber.org VfL Borussia! Força Barça! Go SF 49ers! Use Debian GNU/Linux, PostgreSQL -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
