Debian bug report logs - #1384 hostname fails on standalone machine Package: base ; Reported by: Michael E. Deisher ; Done: imurdock@debian.org (Ian Murdock). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs-done: From debian.org!imurdock Wed Oct 11 12:31:34 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t36sI-0002BMC; Wed, 11 Oct 95 12:31 PDT Received: from imagine.imaginit.com by pixar.com with SMTP id AA03338 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-done-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Wed, 11 Oct 1995 12:31:11 -0700 Received: by imagine.imaginit.com id (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Wed, 11 Oct 95 14:34 EST Message-Id: Date: Wed, 11 Oct 95 14:34 EST From: imurdock@debian.org (Ian Murdock) To: debian-bugs-done@pixar.com 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Notification sent to Michael E. Deisher : Bug acknowledged by developer. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Reply sent to imurdock@debian.org (Ian Murdock) : You have taken responsibility. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Bug reassigned from package `netstd' to `base'. Request was from Michael E. Deisher to debian-bugs-request@pixar.com . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From enws428.EAS.ASU.EDU!deisher Mon Sep 18 11:32:20 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0sukz6-0005zHC; Mon, 18 Sep 95 11:32 PDT Received: from asuvax.EAS.ASU.EDU by pixar.com with SMTP id AA27288 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Mon, 18 Sep 1995 11:31:45 -0700 Received: from ganges (enws428.EAS.ASU.EDU) by asuvax.eas.asu.edu with SMTP id AA17787 (5.65c/IDA-1.4.4 for debian-bugs@pixar.com); Mon, 18 Sep 1995 11:26:29 -0700 Received: by ganges (5.x/SMI-SVR4) id AA22649; Mon, 18 Sep 1995 11:31:39 -0700 Date: Mon, 18 Sep 1995 11:31:39 -0700 Message-Id: <9509181831.AA22649@ganges> From: Michael E. Deisher To: tobias@et-inf.fho-emden.de Cc: debian-bugs@pixar.com In-Reply-To: <9509181802.AA14942@server.et-inf.fho-emden.de> (tobias@server.et-inf.fho-emden.de) 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" 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to Michael E. Deisher : Extra info received and forwarded. 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Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From server.et-inf.fho-emden.de!tobias Mon Sep 18 11:10:55 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0sukeZ-0006GjC; Mon, 18 Sep 95 11:10 PDT Received: from server.et-inf.fho-emden.de by pixar.com with SMTP id AA25653 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Mon, 18 Sep 1995 11:10:20 -0700 Received: by server.et-inf.fho-emden.de (5.65/DEC-Ultrix/4.3) id AA14942; Mon, 18 Sep 1995 20:02:38 +0200 Message-Id: <9509181802.AA14942@server.et-inf.fho-emden.de> Subject: Re: Bug#1384: hostname fails on standalone machine To: deisher@enws428.EAS.ASU.EDU Date: Mon, 18 Sep 1995 20:02:38 +0200 (MET DST) From: "Peter Tobias" Cc: debian-bugs@pixar.com Reply-To: tobias@et-inf.fho-emden.de In-Reply-To: <9509181635.AA20942@ganges> from "Michael E. Deisher" at Sep 18, 95 09:35:06 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Length: 954 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 -- Peter Tobias EMail: Fachhochschule Ostfriesland tobias@et-inf.fho-emden.de Fachbereich Elektrotechnik und Informatik tobias@perseus.fho-emden.de Constantiaplatz 4, 26723 Emden, Germany ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to tobias@et-inf.fho-emden.de : Extra info received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Information forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#1384 ; Package netstd . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From enws428.EAS.ASU.EDU!deisher Mon Sep 18 10:42:19 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0sukCx-00063rC; Mon, 18 Sep 95 10:42 PDT Received: from asuvax.EAS.ASU.EDU by pixar.com with SMTP id AA22709 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Mon, 18 Sep 1995 10:42:02 -0700 Received: from ganges (enws428.EAS.ASU.EDU) by asuvax.eas.asu.edu with SMTP id AA11839 (5.65c/IDA-1.4.4 for debian-bugs@pixar.com); Mon, 18 Sep 1995 09:29:54 -0700 Received: by ganges (5.x/SMI-SVR4) id AA20942; Mon, 18 Sep 1995 09:35:06 -0700 Date: Mon, 18 Sep 1995 09:35:06 -0700 Message-Id: <9509181635.AA20942@ganges> From: Michael E. Deisher To: debian-bugs@pixar.com 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to Michael E. Deisher : New bug report received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Report forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#1384 ; Package netstd . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Jackson / iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk , with the debian-bugs tracking mechanism This page last modified 07:43:01 GMT Wed 01 Nov