Maybe /etc/sysconfig/network? On debian, /etc/hostname. See /etc/rcS.d/S40hostname.sh for more info (if you don't mind reading scripts). cheerio, bjb On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 07:56:43AM -0400, Martin Hicks wrote: > > On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 01:23:09AM -0400, Dave Edwards wrote: > > There's something wrong with my system's understanding of its > > hostname. The source: > > > > $ head -2 /etc/hosts > > 127.0.0.1 localhost > > 127.0.0.1 bigstory.homelinux.org bigstory > > Make only 1 127.0.0.1 line? Something is getting confused an setting > your hostname to "bigstory localhost.localdomain". Look around wherever > you set the hostname (/etc/sysconfig somewhere?) > > mh > > > > > $ cat /etc/hostname > > bigstory > > > > The symptoms: > > $ hostname > > bigstory localhost.localdomain > > > > $ hostname -f > > hostname: Unknown host > > > > $ hostname -a > > hostname: Unknown host > > > > $ sudo ls /dev/null # or any sudo command > > sudo: unable to lookup bigstory localhost.localdomain via gethostbyname() > > /dev/null > > > > It also affects mutt's ability to use GPG and temp files, a DCOPserver, > > and probably other stuff I have yet to encounter. > > > > I've restarted the network, and I've also rebooted. Neither effected > > the cure. Can someone help me get to the bottom of this? > > > > Dave. > > -- > > Dave Edwards <dle @ sympatico.ca> > > Freelance and Technical Writer, > > With Special Interest in Open Source Software > > http://bigStory.homelinux.org > > _______________________________________________ > > Linux mailing list > > Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca > > http://www.oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux > > -- > Martin Hicks || mort [ at ] bork [ dot ] org || PGP/GnuPG: 0x4C7F2BEE > _______________________________________________ > Linux mailing list > Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca > http://www.oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux ---end quoted text---