further to this i've dicovered something interesting:
on the box that was upgraded to 9.0 hostname works like this:
$ hostname
sigerson.excession
$ hostname -f
sigerson.excession
$ hostname -d
excession
but on the clean 9.0 install it works like this:
$ hostname
mycroft
$ hostname -f
On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 07:18:04PM +, bascule wrote:
default is obtained from gethostname() and as far as i can see that does
indeed give the full name for this box, yet postfix wasn't having any of it!
You should set it like #hostname your-fqdn
and then postfix works. It's probably a
Bascule;
Check the settings in /etc/sysconfig/network. I've found differences in
that file that will produce what you're seeing.
Mine is set:
HOSTNAME=aurora
DOMAIN=mlb.esid.northgrum.com
As such the hostname commands produce:
$ hostname
aurora
$ hostname -f
aurora.mlb.esid.northgrum.com
$
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bascule wrote on Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 06:28:57AM + :
and
HOSTNAME=mycroft
DOMAINNAME=excession
in /etc/sysconfig/network due to ambiguity in the previous thread, also:
[root@mycroft bascule]# cat /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1
hi todd,
when i checked /var/spool/postfix/etc/hosts was a copy of /etc/hosts
explicitly specifiying it in main.cf worked, in fact expliclty specifying
anything in main.cf works as i simply uncommented out the examples they had
there, what bothers me is what was bothering praedor last year, the
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bascule wrote on Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 07:18:04PM + :
hi todd,
when i checked /var/spool/postfix/etc/hosts was a copy of /etc/hosts
explicitly specifiying it in main.cf worked, in fact expliclty specifying
anything in main.cf works as i
Am Montag, 20. Januar 2003 07:28 schrieb bascule:
so, what have i forgotten, it's clear that
#hostname -f gives the required result but i still get:
[root@mycroft bascule]# mail bascule
Subject: test
Cc: Null message body; hope that's ok
[root@mycroft bascule]# send-mail: warning: My
recognise this subject?
poor praedor had a whole saga with this last year and now i have the same
situation, i have just read the whole archived thread and i can say the
following:
[root@mycroft bascule]# hostname
mycroft
[root@mycroft bascule]# hostname -d
excession
[root@mycroft bascule]#
Mike Rambo wrote:
daRcmaTTeR wrote:
Mike,
apart from sheery confusion your point in that post was...what?
--
On Mon, 24 Jun 2002, Mike Rambo wrote:
Praedor Tempus wrote:
I am also a little leery of using linuxconf for this. It (linuxconf) appeared
to bork my attempts at wlan ad-hoc
On Mon, 2002-06-24 at 23:21, Todd Lyons wrote:
After digging through the documentation available to me I have concluded
that there is no technical basis for my conclusion that it was bad, just
because it was a duplicate of the line above it.
However, be careful about quoting out of context.
Praedor Tempus wrote:
On Monday 24 June 2002 01:36 pm, civileme wrote:
Praedor Tempus wrote:
I am also a little leery of using linuxconf for this. It (linuxconf)
appeared to bork my attempts at wlan ad-hoc networking and I was told not
to use it in a wlan mailing list. In the past I have
Manpage, schmanpage. I use them when possible but then there are those bogus
pages that give the wrong command syntax (outdated or based on a non-linux
system) or list the commands without providing for an example. To me, it
doesn't count as an example if the manpage begins with a command
On Monday 24 June 2002 09:50 pm, Todd Lyons wrote:
Praedor Tempus wrote on Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 03:49:25PM -0500 :
/etc/hosts:
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
good start
127.0.0.1 lapdog.ravenhome.netlapdog
bad. Delete it.
10.0.0.1
Praedor Tempus wrote on Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 10:13:11AM -0500 :
So, given this, the /etc/hosts is cool then (other than the duplicate
127.0.0.1 entry)?
Yes, it looks fine. :)
Blue skies... Todd
--
Todd Lyons -- MandrakeSoft, Inc. http://www.mandrakesoft.com/
UNIX was not
On Tuesday 25 June 2002 12:41 pm, daRcmaTTeR wrote:
On Tue, 25 Jun 2002, Praedor Tempus wrote:
BAH! Reinstalling MDK 8.2 again, this time trying a different fs
- third reinstall. First tried ext3 for first time. SLOW! Then
tried XFS. Good, quick, but then the problems related above
On Tue, 25 Jun 2002, Praedor Tempus wrote:
Manpage, schmanpage. I use them when possible but then there are those bogus
pages that give the wrong command syntax (outdated or based on a non-linux
system) or list the commands without providing for an example. To me, it
doesn't count as an
I am also a little leery of using linuxconf for this. It (linuxconf) appeared
to bork my attempts at wlan ad-hoc networking and I was told not to use it in
a wlan mailing list. In the past I have tried changing the hostname via
linuxconf with mucked up results. I will give it a shot again
On Mon, 24 Jun 2002, Praedor Tempus wrote:
I am also a little leery of using linuxconf for this. It (linuxconf) appeared
to bork my attempts at wlan ad-hoc networking and I was told not to use it in
a wlan mailing list. In the past I have tried changing the hostname via
linuxconf with
Thanks to you and daRmaTTeR.
New question...at every bootup, my modem is destroyed by the system. I have
a winmodem that works with a linmodem driver. The win/linmodem is
/dev/tts/LT0 and is symlinked to /dev/modem. Upon bootup/reboot, this is
destroyed and replaced with /dev/modem -
On Mon, 24 Jun 2002, Praedor Tempus wrote:
Thanks to you and daRmaTTeR.
New question...at every bootup, my modem is destroyed by the system. I have
a winmodem that works with a linmodem driver. The win/linmodem is
/dev/tts/LT0 and is symlinked to /dev/modem. Upon bootup/reboot, this
Praedor Tempus wrote:
I am also a little leery of using linuxconf for this. It (linuxconf) appeared
to bork my attempts at wlan ad-hoc networking and I was told not to use it in
a wlan mailing list. In the past I have tried changing the hostname via
linuxconf with mucked up results. I
On Mon, 24 Jun 2002, Mike Rambo wrote:
Praedor Tempus wrote:
I am also a little leery of using linuxconf for this. It (linuxconf) appeared
to bork my attempts at wlan ad-hoc networking and I was told not to use it in
a wlan mailing list. In the past I have tried changing the hostname
Praedor Tempus wrote on Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 08:08:34AM -0500 :
New question...at every bootup, my modem is destroyed by the system. I have
a winmodem that works with a linmodem driver. The win/linmodem is
/dev/tts/LT0 and is symlinked to /dev/modem. Upon bootup/reboot, this is
Praedor Tempus wrote:
I am also a little leery of using linuxconf for this. It (linuxconf) appeared
to bork my attempts at wlan ad-hoc networking and I was told not to use it in
a wlan mailing list. In the past I have tried changing the hostname via
linuxconf with mucked up results. I will
Praedor Tempus wrote:
Thanks to you and daRmaTTeR.
New question...at every bootup, my modem is destroyed by the system. I have
a winmodem that works with a linmodem driver. The win/linmodem is
/dev/tts/LT0 and is symlinked to /dev/modem. Upon bootup/reboot, this is
destroyed and replaced
daRcmaTTeR wrote:
Mike,
apart from sheery confusion your point in that post was...what?
--
On Mon, 24 Jun 2002, Mike Rambo wrote:
Praedor Tempus wrote:
I am also a little leery of using linuxconf for this. It (linuxconf) appeared
to bork my attempts at wlan ad-hoc
On Monday 24 June 2002 01:36 pm, civileme wrote:
Praedor Tempus wrote:
I am also a little leery of using linuxconf for this. It (linuxconf)
appeared to bork my attempts at wlan ad-hoc networking and I was told not
to use it in a wlan mailing list. In the past I have tried changing the
/sysconfig/network
...of course I've got to find something else busted to fix now ;-)
Si
- Original Message -
From: Mike Rambo [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 11:13:43 -0400
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [expert] Hostname and postfix
Praedor Tempus wrote:
I am
Mike Rambo wrote:
My answer included the following which was itself part of an
earlier question Praedor asked. DrJung (I think - I've
already deleted the mail so I can't be sure) expressed the
idea that questions were being answered by folks on the list
but that Praedor might be missing
Praedor Tempus wrote on Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 03:49:25PM -0500 :
/etc/hosts:
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
good start
127.0.0.1 lapdog.ravenhome.netlapdog
bad. Delete it.
10.0.0.1lapdog.ravenhome.netlapdog
good
10.0.0.5
Simon Naish wrote on Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 12:47:57AM +0100 :
At Last
This:-
Where are you changing the hostname (what file)? The
hostname is set in /etc/sysconfig/network. /etc/hosts
relates hostnames to IP addresses but doesn't really set
anything.
this is what isn't obvious. I
On Mon, 2002-06-24 at 21:50, Todd Lyons wrote:
Praedor Tempus wrote on Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 03:49:25PM -0500 :
/etc/hosts:
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
good start
127.0.0.1 lapdog.ravenhome.netlapdog
bad. Delete it.
Out of curiosity, why is it bad to
Dave Sherman wrote on Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 10:32:04PM -0500 :
/etc/hosts:
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
good start
127.0.0.1 lapdog.ravenhome.netlapdog
bad. Delete it.
Out of curiosity, why is it bad to have two lines with different
hostnames
J. Craig Woods wrote:
civileme wrote:
OK, first of all you did not need to touch a wizard. Those are designed
for one-time setup which is why we call them wizards. They are not
tools to be used for maintenance, and they make a lot of assumptions, as
is appropriate for their target audience
daRcmaTTeR wrote:
J. Craig Woods wrote:
Praedor, you need to help us understand why you can not complete the
simple task of naming a machine. Maybe you can send us some log file
entries that give us specific errors messages...
drjung
drjung,
may he hasn't thought of one
On Sun, 23 Jun 2002 15:23:15 -0500
J. Craig Woods [EMAIL PROTECTED] said with temporary authority
daRcmaTTeR wrote:
J. Craig Woods wrote:
Praedor, you need to help us understand why you can not complete
the simple task of naming a machine. Maybe you can send us some
log file
OK, I want to change the name of my laptop from the default
localhost.localdomain to lapdog.ravenhome.net. Looking at the manpage for
hostname, it mentions: /etc/init.d/boot, /etc/hostname, and
/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 as where/how hostname is set. Uh-uh! Does not does not!
There exists no
James wrote:
On Sun, 23 Jun 2002 15:23:15 -0500
J. Craig Woods [EMAIL PROTECTED] said with temporary authority
daRcmaTTeR wrote:
J. Craig Woods wrote:
Praedor, you need to help us understand why you can not complete
the simple task of naming a machine. Maybe you can send us some
log file
Praedor Tempus wrote on Sun, Jun 23, 2002 at 04:18:14PM -0500 :
OK, I want to change the name of my laptop from the default
localhost.localdomain to lapdog.ravenhome.net. Looking at the manpage for
hostname, it mentions: /etc/init.d/boot, /etc/hostname, and
/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 as where/how
Todd Lyons wrote:
Praedor Tempus wrote on Sun, Jun 23, 2002 at 04:18:14PM -0500 :
OK, I want to change the name of my laptop from the default
localhost.localdomain to lapdog.ravenhome.net. Looking at the manpage for
hostname, it mentions: /etc/init.d/boot, /etc/hostname, and
Praedor Tempus wrote:
OK, I want to change the name of my laptop from the default
localhost.localdomain to lapdog.ravenhome.net. Looking at the manpage for
hostname, it mentions: /etc/init.d/boot, /etc/hostname, and
/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 as where/how hostname is set. Uh-uh! Does not does not!
On Sun, 23 Jun 2002 17:19:33 -0400
daRcmaTTeR [EMAIL PROTECTED] said with temporary authority
James wrote:
On Sun, 23 Jun 2002 15:23:15 -0500
J. Craig Woods [EMAIL PROTECTED] said with temporary
authority
daRcmaTTeR wrote:
J. Craig Woods wrote:
Praedor, you need to help us
On Sun, 23 Jun 2002 14:36:00 -0700
Todd Lyons [EMAIL PROTECTED] said with temporary authority
Praedor Tempus wrote on Sun, Jun 23, 2002 at 04:18:14PM -0500 :
OK, I want to change the name of my laptop from the default
localhost.localdomain to lapdog.ravenhome.net. Looking at the
manpage
sinip___
EASY way is
(gad, looks like that manpage wasn't written for SysVInit)
Civileme
sanap_
Civilme
I checked it's identical to a FreeBSD2.2.8 box I have access to.. and
that's definitely not SysVinit.
James
Want
Praedor Tempus wrote:
OK, I want to change the name of my laptop from the default
localhost.localdomain to lapdog.ravenhome.net. Looking at the manpage for
hostname, it mentions: /etc/init.d/boot, /etc/hostname, and
/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 as where/how hostname is set. Uh-uh! Does not does
daRcmaTTeR wrote on Sun, Jun 23, 2002 at 09:16:58PM -0400 :
It's really quite simple. Open Linuxconf-Networking-Host name and IP
I usually recommend not to use linuxconf except as a last resort. It
does some things to the system in a not friendly way and has left a bad
taste in my mouth.
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Todd Lyons wrote:
| daRcmaTTeR wrote on Sun, Jun 23, 2002 at 09:16:58PM -0400 :
|
|It's really quite simple. Open Linuxconf-Networking-Host name and IP
|
|
| I usually recommend not to use linuxconf except as a last resort. It
| does some things to
Praedor Tempus wrote:
On Thursday 20 June 2002 07:26 am, Mike Rambo wrote:
Mike Rambo wrote:
Praedor Tempus wrote:
On Wednesday 19 June 2002 12:03 pm, daRcmaTTeR wrote:
Praedor Tempus wrote:
I am hesitant to try this again...I run postfix on my system as my
mta. I own
Somebody may have mentioned this earlier.
Postfix runs certain tasks chroot.
The jail is at /var/spool/postfix.
resolve.conf lives in /var/spool/postfix/etc
If resolve.conf is not set up when you install Postfix, this file will not be
correct.
I imagine HOSTNAME is passed through the
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