Liam O'Toole wrote:
[...]
The output you quote above is the result of init invoking
/etc/init.d/hostname.sh start
What happens when you do this manually?
# hostname desktop
# hostname
desktop
# /etc/init.d/hostname.sh
Setting hostname to 'earth'...done.
Are there any weird permissions
on the file /etc/hostname?
# ls -l /etc/hostname
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6 2006-06-14 16:26 /etc/hostname
It seems that the hostname command does not actually modify the
/etc/hostname file, yet the hostname command does report the new name.
# hostname desktop
# cat /etc/hostname
earth
# hostname
desktop
Perhaps hostname is reading from /proc rather than /etc/hostname?
A workaround is to change the hostname by editing /etc/hostname directly.
# echo desktop > /etc/hostname
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Chris.
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