[plug] Hostname change

[Beau Kuiper]

Hi,

Isn't that the kernel hostname :-)
You might want to try:

hostname -f /etc/HOSTNAME

This will tell the linux kernel the hostname of the computer :-)

Beau Kuiper
ekuiperba at cc.curtin.edu.au


On Mon, 14 Feb 2000, Jeremy Malcolm wrote:
> Not a major issue, but it is bothering me so I thought I'd ask.
> 
> I changed my server's hostname recently from "backinthe.ussr.net" to
> "terminus.net.au".  I had to change it in a few places.  When I do
> "hostname" now it tells me "terminus" which is correct.  I grep through /etc
> for "backinthe" and it doesn't come up anywhere.  However in my log files it
> still comes up as follows:
> 
> Feb 13 09:56:31 backinthe in.telnetd[18709]: refused connect from
> 212.177.241.169
> Feb 13 09:56:31 backinthe in.qpopper[18710]: refused connect from
> 212.177.241.169
> Feb 13 09:56:32 backinthe in.telnetd[18716]: refused connect from
> 212.177.241.169
> Feb 13 09:56:43 backinthe in.qpopper[18717]: refused connect from
> 212.177.241.169
> 
> (don't worry about the skript-kiddie who is trying to hack me, I'm just
> worried about the hostname).  Any ideas, anyone, what I might have missed so
> that the machine still thinks it is backinthe?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
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