<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'>9.04 32-bit ----- Original Message ----- From: "NoOp" <glgxg@sbcglobal.net> To: ubuntu-users@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@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. -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users </div></body></html>