Just a suspicion, but I think Bernard may be thinking of /proc/sys/kernel/hostname, which does show zero length, but when displayed, contains the host name. I think Ryan (and I) were looking at the program /bin/hostname, which on my machine is 15464 bytes.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Ryan Stewart > Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 4:08 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LINUX-390] Setting Hostname in SuSE Linux image on VM > > > It was empty, but when I updated the package in YaST it became full. > Also, in my other image it has something in it. > > Ryan > > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Bernard Wu > Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 3:59 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Setting Hostname in SuSE Linux image on VM > > Hi Ryan, > Are you sure it's empty. Mine shows 0 bytes, but when I do a "cat > hostname" , the correct hostname shows up. > > Bernie Wu > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > Ryan Stewart > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > u> > To > Sent by: Linux on <[email protected]> > 390 Port > cc > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > IST.EDU> > Subject > Setting Hostname in SuSE Linux > image on VM > 03/30/2006 12:24 > PM > > > Please respond to > Linux on 390 Port > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > IST.EDU> > > > > > > > Hi all, > > Does anyone know the proper way to set the hostname in SuSE. I had a > problem recently with the modprobe utility. I was conversing with > Novell about the issue via email and after spending some time on the > problem (since this was just a test image), I was going to > reinstall. I > played with it a little longer and figured out when I > compared the file > /sbin/modprobe to the same file on another image, they were different. > So I copied the file from the good image to the bad one. Everything > works (or so it seems to so far), but at my prompt I have a > hostname of > (none). > > For some reason I cannot set the hostname using the hostname command > either. I have added it to the /etc/hosts file. The hostname is > correct in the /etc/HOSTNAME file. One thing I noticed is in the > /proc/sys/kernel/hostname file it says (none) for the hostname. > > I am not sure what else to check or change. Anyone have any > thoughts on > the issue? > > Thanks, > > Ryan Stewart > Indian River Community College > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > > > > > The information contained in this e-mail message is intended only for > the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named > above. This > message may be an attorney-client communication and/or work > product and > as such is privileged and confidential. If the reader of this > message is > not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for > delivering it to > the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received > this document in error and that any review, dissemination, > distribution, > or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you > have received > this communication in error, please notify us immediately by > e-mail, and > delete the original message. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO > LINUX-390 or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > -------------------------------------------------------- If you are not an intended recipient of this e-mail, please notify the sender, delete it and do not read, act upon, print, disclose, copy, retain or redistribute it. Click here for important additional terms relating to this e-mail. http://www.ml.com/email_terms/ -------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
