Wrong hostname

[PatRoy]

Hi all.

I'm having a really strange problem with an HPUX 11.23 server.

For some reasons, when I type in `hostname`, it gives me the wrong hostname! It just gives me "-i". However, my /etc/rc.config.d/netconf has the proper hostname in. `uname -n` does give me the right hostname.

Has anyone seen this before?

Pat.

[Pete Randall]

Perhaps someone entered "hostname -i" in an attempt to query the hostname?

I would run "/sbin/set_parms hostname" to reset it.


Pete

[Basheer_2]

Hi Pat,
on my 11.11

$ ls -ls /usr/bin/hostname
32 -r-xr-xr-x 1 bin bin 12288 Nov 14 2000 /usr/bin/hostname

$ file /usr/bin/hostname
/usr/bin/hostname: PA-RISC1.1 shared executable dynamically linked

[Luk Vandenbussche]

Check also the setting in /etc/hosts

[Bill Hassell]

To amplify Pete's answer, the 'someone' was root, that is, someone that knows the root password or has root privileges. The hostname command has no options so whatever is supploed after the command (by root) becomes the new hostname. You should be OK by issuing hostname with the correct name (as root).

[Bill Hassell]

To amplify Pete's answer, the 'someone' was root, that is, someone that knows the root password or has root privileges. The hostname command has no options so whatever is supploed after the command (by root) becomes the new hostname. You should be OK by issuing hostname with the correct name (as root). Check root's .sh_history file to see where the hostname -i command was issued.

[PatRoy]

Indeed, someone had issued a 'hostname -i'

Thanks guys!
Pat