problem with hostname

[pkaplan1 at comcast.net]

9.04 32-bit 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "NoOp" <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> 
To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com 
Sent: Thursday, July 9, 2009 1:22:31 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: Re: problem with hostname 

On 07/09/2009 04:50 AM, pkaplan1 at comcast.net wrote: 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "NoOp" 
... 
>>What version/flavour of Ubuntu are you using? What permissions are set 
... 
> NoOp , 
> Thanks for the explanation and effort. 
> Although I'm no expert, /etc/rcS.d/S02hostname.sh/ and 'cat /etc/init.d/hostname.sh' appear to point to /etc/hostname and I did not knowingly modify these. 
> Currently my /etc/hostname file has a single line containing my intended hostname. 
> The file permissions are as you indicate above. 
> I do have administration privileges for the system. 
> 
> So, still, I'm stumped. My hostname is not being read following reboot, so I have to manually define it after each boot. 
> 
> Paul 
> 

Again: What version/flavour of Ubuntu are you using? This is important 
as there are considerable differences between hardy, intrepid, 
jaunty/xubuntu, kubuntu, and ubuntu regarding network management. 


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