On Saturday 17 April 2021 23:31:20 Gene Heskett wrote: It boiled down to something, someplace, not liking a hostname starting with a number, I recalled I had to rename another machine a couple months ago because it didn't work either.
But I changed its hostname to dddprint, based on the previous 3dprint, and it now works as requested. So my problem is solved. Is that just a head scratcher, or is there a valid reason to not allow a hostname such as 6040 or 3dprint? Something starting with a numeral IOW. Is that a bug? Or is there a specific reason for the silent failure? In which case, it really ought to be a little mouthier about the failure. > On Saturday 17 April 2021 21:47:20 Greg Wooledge wrote: > > getent hosts 3dprint > > nothing is returned. > > I think I might be on the trail though, I just recalled I had to > rename another machine several months back, from 6040 to sixty40, > someplace it doesn't like a hostname starting with a number. So I'll > investigate that tomorrow. I just shut that one down for the night > since I've not yet added it to amanda's nightly backups. > > Thanks Greg. > > Cheers, Gene Heskett Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
