Simon Breden writes:
> I found these posts:
> http://www.markwilson.co.uk/blog/2006/01/unknown-hostname-for-solaris-10-dhcp.htm
> http://www.idevelopment.info/data/Networking/Networking_Basics/SOLARIS_CONFIGTCPIP_TCPIP_Configuration_Files_Quick_Config_Guide.shtml
> 
> 1. I added the desired hostname to /etc/hostname.nge0  (nge0 being the id of 
> my ethernet device) :
> # echo blackhole > /etc/hostname.nge0

That's not right.

> 2. I added the desired hostname to /etc/nodename :
> # echo blackhole > /etc/hostname.nge0

That's right.  But that should have been set when you installed the
system.  What went wrong during install, or what did you change
afterwards?

> Upon boot, the boot screen shows the correct hostname now, as does issuing 
> 'uname -a'.
> 
> Now I saw some messages complaining that 'loghost' was unresolved, so off to 
> see how to fix that one now...

Just add "loghost" to the "localhost" line if that message is
troublesome.  It's harmless otherwise.

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