On Sat, 18 Aug 2001 21:32:05 -0400
"Douglas J. Hunley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> My new system has a funny issue... the hostname gets set correctly on boot,
> however, after firing up X and opening an xterm, the hostname has been set to
> '-f'...
>
> anyone know why?
> --
I don't have an answer, but do have some clues. I have a stripped down
e2.4 (no kde, netscape, etc) that I run occasionally. I boot it into
runlevel 3, login and startx.
While installing another distro I mistakenly applied an update to e2.4.
I don't remember what the update was since I wasn't concerned about the
e2.4 minimal installation anymore.
Since that, when user logs in I get:
/bin/hostname: cannot set hostname to `-f': Operation not permitted
/bin/hostname: cannot set hostname to `-s': Operation not permitted
When root logs in no message comes up but hostname is set to -s when in an
xterm. In console mode the hostname appears normal.
/bin/hostname is different than the one on my full e2.4 system.
--
Chris Kassopulo
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