CDE Login Problems and hostname confusion

From: Bruce B. Platt <bbp_at_comport.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 12:06:30 -0400

On a 2100 running v4.0d with patchkit 3, the /etc/rc.config file has the
hostname defined as:
HOSTNAME="sampleprod"

When the system boots the messages in /var/adm/messages, and the
/var/adm/syslog.dated file contain lines
like:

Jul 22 18:13:56 SAMPLENY1 automount
...

The machines name used to be SAMPLENY1 until the /etc/rc.config file was
changed.

Also, root can log into a pty session via telnet, but not onto the graphics
head. That is, only a "blue screen" login at the system
console works.

The system has adfvs file systems, /var inside of /usr, and no LSM.


Two questions:

1. Is there anything that keeps the init sequence from setting the hsotname
to that specified in /etc/rc.config?
2. Is there a relationship between the hostname syslogd is using and the
inability to do a full cde login at the console?

I'll summarize.

Thanks and regards
+--------------------------------------+
Bruce B. Platt, Ph.D.
Comport Consulting Corporation
78 Orchard Street, Ramsey, NJ 07446
Phone: 201-236-0505 Fax: 201-236-1335
bbp_at_comport.com, bruce_at_ bruce.platt_at_
OR, bruce_at_bbplatt.com
Received on Fri Jul 23 1999 - 16:08:49 NZST

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