i had these problems too, and the problems is that you have configured /etc/hosts wrong, i will show mine here, where it works, and i get: This is redeeman.linux.dk (Linux i686 2.6.0-test11) 16:21:13
/etc/hosts: 127.0.0.1 localhost 192.168.1.8 redeeman.linux.dk redeeman 192.168.1.8 redeeman ::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback fe00::0 ip6-localnet ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix ff02::1 ip6-allnodes ff02::2 ip6-allrouters ff02::3 ip6-allhosts /etc/hostname redeeman /etc/dnsdomainname linux.dk you only need the ipv6 stuff if you actually use ipv6. On Fri, 2003-12-12 at 17:14, Kathy Wills wrote: > Peter Ruskin wrote: > > > I put this in /etc/conf.d/local.start: > > > ># Set domainname so that virtual console prompts look OK. > >echo > >echo "Setting domainname to ruskin" > >/bin/domainname ruskin > > > >It works but it's ugly and shouldn't be necessary. > > > >Peter > > > > > Ok, based on what I found from the link to /bin/domainname, if you use > /etc/nisdomainname instead of /etc/dnsdomainname the (none) goes away > and the name shows up correctly if you have just the machine name in > /etc/hostname and the domain name in /etc/nisdomainname. In my case, it > shows up as machinename.domainname. -- Regards, Redeeman () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ - against microsoft attachments -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
