Debian bug report logs - #1384
hostname fails on standalone machine

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Subject: Bug#1384:

This bug was fixed in a recent upload of the package.  Please
check ftp.debian.org:/pub/debian for the new (fixed) version.

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Subject: Re: Bug#1384: hostname fails on standalone machine

Thanks for the quick reply!

On Mon, 18 Sep 1995 20:02:38 +0200 (MET DST), "Peter Tobias" <tobias@server.et-inf.fho-emden.de> said:

> This has nothing to do with the netstd package. The hostname command
> tries to get the FQDN by using gethostbyname and can't find
> it. Maybe the base disks failed to create the /etc/host.conf,
> /etc/resolv.conf and /etc/hosts file (with your FQDN)? Or the base

/etc/host.conf does not exist.  I suppose one of us should reclassify
this bug report to point to the base disks.  I'm not sure who is
supposed to do this.  Do you want to?  If not, I'll try to dig up the
posting that explained how to do it and do it myself.

--Mike

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Subject: Re: Bug#1384: hostname fails on standalone machine
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Michael E. Deisher wrote:
> Package: netstd
> Version: 1.16-1
> 
> The postinst of smail failed on my standalone system because hostname
> returned "Server error".  Hostname works when used to find the machine
> name but fails in this way when asked to give the domain name.  This
> was on a fresh system install using dpkg-0.93.75.  The machine is not
> networked.

This has nothing to do with the netstd package. The hostname command
tries to get the FQDN by using gethostbyname and can't find it. Maybe
the base disks failed to create the /etc/host.conf, /etc/resolv.conf
and /etc/hosts file (with your FQDN)? Or the base system creates these
files but does not set the hostname to the new hostname?


Peter

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From: Michael E. Deisher <deisher@enws428.EAS.ASU.EDU>
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Subject: hostname fails on standalone machine

Package: netstd
Version: 1.16-1

The postinst of smail failed on my standalone system because hostname
returned "Server error".  Hostname works when used to find the machine
name but fails in this way when asked to give the domain name.  This
was on a fresh system install using dpkg-0.93.75.  The machine is not
networked.

--Mike