On Thu, 30 Dec 1999, Paul J. Keenan wrote: paul >So I would first check that /etc/hostname contains the single word paul >aphro.
i just checked it again, it does, that file never changed. paul >It seems that the syslogd gets its info from calling uname(2), which paul >at kernel level invokes sys_gethostname in /usr/src/linux/kernel/sys.c uname -n gives just 'aphro' i just removed the 'aphro' from my /etc/hosts's line that was 127.0.0.1 localhost aphro and restarted syslogd and it was back to 'normal' if i add aphro back and restart again it goes back to localhost ..odd! (just tried this just now) thanks! nate ----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- Vice President Network Operations http://www.firetrail.com/ Firetrail Internet Services Limited http://www.aphroland.org/ Everett, WA 425-348-7336 http://www.linuxpowered.net/ Powered By: http://comedy.aphroland.org/ Debian 2.1 Linux 2.0.36 SMP http://yahoo.aphroland.org/ -----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- 11:30pm up 132 days, 11:24, 3 users, load average: 2.67, 2.40, 1.94
