unknown hostname

[jhuihuihi]

Dear all,

after rebooting server my hostname become unkwown. what should i do ?

thanks,

Sam

[Jim Mallett]

You can start with checking your /etc/rc.config.d/netconf file and looking for the "Hostname" record. Make sure that wasn't changed or removed.

How are you determining it is unknown? Can you ping it from the network? Can you ping it from itself, IP or hostname?

Jim

[Patrick Wallek]

Did you change anything recently? Are you trying to use a hostname that is longer than 8 characters?

[PIYUSH D. PATEL]

Hi Sam,

#set_parms hostname

HTH,
Piyush

[Basheer_2]

Check ur /etc/hosts file
is it corrupted

[Michael Tully]

What is mentioned in the /etc/rc.log under /sbin/rc1.d/S320hostname start output?

What run-level is your system currently in, sounds to me like it is in single-user mode ...

# who -r

[Sridhar Bhaskarla]

Hi,

Is your server on the network?. hostname is set from /etc/rc.config.d/netconf file. Look at this file and see if "HOSTNAME" has been correctly defined. It should be less than or equal to 8 chars.

Try running

#/sbin/init.d/hostname start

See if it works or post the errors it may give.

-Sri

[jhuihuihi]

Thank for your reply.

I'm running on init 3 (multiuser), can ping to ip server itself and to another server.

the server is running well before, problem happens when i restart the server.

[Con O'Kelly]

Hi

I'm merely reiterating what the others have said in this post but if you can confirm the following then someone may be able to help further:

1) Is your hostname defined in /etc/rc.config.d./netconf file?
2) Is your hostname set in the /etc/hosts file.
3) Examine your /etc/rc.log file and look for the output under "Output from /sbin/rc1.d/S320hostname start"
4) What does "# hostname" command return?

Cheers
Con