Debian bug report logs - #1547 hostname -fqdn fails on the latest install disks Package: (base) ; Reported by: karl@tower.com.au; 27 days old. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Bug assigned to package `(base)'. Request was from imurdock@debian.org (Ian Murdock) to debian-bugs-request@pixar.com . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From tower.com.au!karl Wed Oct 4 21:24:04 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t0hql-0006H4C; Wed, 4 Oct 95 21:24 PDT Received: from orion.tower.com.au by pixar.com with SMTP id AA22824 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Wed, 4 Oct 1995 21:23:30 -0700 Received: by orion.tower.com.au id (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Thu, 5 Oct 95 12:23 WST Message-Id: From: karl@tower.com.au (Karl Ferguson) Subject: Re: Bug#1547: hostname -fqdn fails on the latest install disks To: bruce@Pixar.com (Bruce Perens) Date: Thu, 5 Oct 1995 12:23:07 +0800 (WST) Cc: debian-bugs@pixar.com In-Reply-To: from "Bruce Perens" at Oct 4, 95 02:01:19 pm Reply-To: karl@tower.com.au X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24 PGP2] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1585 > > Can you send us the hosts file? I'd like to see what the root disk put > there when you configured your system. > > My system didn't do that, by the way. > > Thanks > > Bruce I cant exactly remember what the R5 root disk put in the hosts file, but I'm pretty sure it was just my hostname? God knows, but in any case I'd think that the local LAN and the machines that are connected on it would be the the ones that should go in there... Both machines (orion and stargate) output fine with the command 'hostname -f'. /etc/hosts ------------------------------------------------------------ 127.0.0.1 localhost 203.8.164.0 towernet.tower.com.au towernet 203.15.138.0 mastnet.tower.com.au mastnet 203.8.164.1 orion.tower.com.au orion tower.com.au 203.8.164.2 stargate.tower.com.au stargate star 203.8.164.3 isdn-gate.tower.net cisco tower-gw isdn 203.8.164.4 comet.tower.com.au comet ------------------------------------------------------------ /etc/host.conf (just in case - dont forget I run NIS) ------------------------------------------------------------ order hosts,bind,nis multi on ------------------------------------------------------------ If you need DNS setups as well, you need only ask - but I doubt that's relivant. Regs ...Karl -- ________________________ | PO Box 828 Office: (09)316-3036 Fax: (09)381-3909 |OWER INTERNET SERVICES Canning Bridge After Hours: 015-779-828 WA, 6153 Sales Support: sales@tower.com.au Internet Service Providers and Networking Solutions ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to karl@tower.com.au : Extra info received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Information forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#1547 . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From pixar.com!bruce Wed Oct 4 14:01:23 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t0awN-000DfkC; Wed, 4 Oct 95 14:01 PDT Received: from mongo.pixar.com by pixar.com with SMTP id AA24290 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for bruce@mongo.pixar.com); Wed, 4 Oct 1995 14:01:03 -0700 Received: by mongo.pixar.com (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t0awJ-000E0FC; Wed, 4 Oct 95 14:01 PDT Message-Id: X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.2 7/18/95 To: karl@tower.com.au, debian-bugs@Pixar.com Cc: cdr@sme.siemens.com, bruce@Pixar.com Subject: Re: Bug#1547: hostname -fqdn fails on the latest install disks In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 05 Oct 1995 04:22:53 PDT." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 04 Oct 1995 14:01:19 -0700 From: Bruce Perens Can you send us the hosts file? I'd like to see what the root disk put there when you configured your system. My system didn't do that, by the way. Thanks Bruce -- -- Attention Radio Amateurs: For information on "Linux for Hams", -- read the WWW page http://www.hams.com/LinuxForHams, -- or e-mail the word "help" to info@hams.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to Bruce Perens : Extra info received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Information forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#1547 . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From tower.com.au!karl Wed Oct 4 13:23:11 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t0aLP-000Aw3C; Wed, 4 Oct 95 13:23 PDT Received: from orion.tower.com.au by pixar.com with SMTP id AA22563 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Wed, 4 Oct 1995 13:22:49 -0700 Received: by orion.tower.com.au id (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Thu, 5 Oct 95 04:22 WST Message-Id: From: karl@tower.com.au (Karl Ferguson) Subject: Re: hostname -fqdn fails on the latest install disks To: cdr@sme.siemens.com Date: Thu, 5 Oct 1995 04:22:53 +0800 (WST) Cc: debian-bugs@pixar.com In-Reply-To: <9510041959.AA04898@cons.mountain> from "CD Rasmussen" at Oct 4, 95 03:59:18 pm Reply-To: karl@tower.com.au X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24 PGP2] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 681 > Package: hostname > Version: 1.6-2 > > Problem Description: > > When I type: > # hostname -f > hostname: Unknown server > > Is anyone else getting this or should I assume this is because of > strange behavior of my name server? Probobly the name server - works fine on both my machines. But we'll see what the maintainer says first I guess :) ...Karl -- ________________________ | PO Box 828 Office: (09)316-3036 Fax: (09)381-3909 |OWER INTERNET SERVICES Canning Bridge After Hours: 015-779-828 WA, 6153 Sales Support: sales@tower.com.au Internet Service Providers and Networking Solutions ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to karl@tower.com.au : New bug report received and forwarded. Your message didn't have a Package: line at the start (in the pseudo-header following the real mail header), or didn't have a psuedo-header at all. This makes it much harder for us to categorise and deal with your problem report; please ensure that you say which package(s) and version(s) the problem is with next time. Some time in the future the problem reports system may start rejecting such messages. 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