From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 17 15:15:04 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8603E16A4CE for ; Thu, 17 Mar 2005 15:15:04 +0000 (GMT) Received: from Neo-Vortex.net (203-217-87-46.dyn.iinet.net.au [203.217.87.46]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2E2443D31 for ; Thu, 17 Mar 2005 15:15:00 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from root@Neo-Vortex.net) Received: from localhost.Neo-Vortex.got-root.cc (Neo-Vortex@localhost.Neo-Vortex.got-root.cc [127.0.0.1]) by Neo-Vortex.net (8.13.1/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j2HFEwGV080967; Fri, 18 Mar 2005 01:14:58 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from root@Neo-Vortex.net) Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 01:14:58 +1000 (EST) From: Neo-Vortex To: Pietro Cerutti In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20050318011250.C80938@Neo-Vortex.net> References: <44oedixquh.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 14:43:38 +0000 cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fwd: problem due to hostname change X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 15:15:04 -0000 On Thu, 17 Mar 2005, Pietro Cerutti wrote: > Hi Hackers, > I posted this on freebsd-questions, but couldn't find a solution... > > Maybe here.... > > Thank you! > > > Please: don't Cc me, I'm on the list! > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Pietro Cerutti > Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 15:04:45 +0000 > Subject: Re: problem due to hostname change > To: Lowell Gilbert > Cc: FreeBSD > > > On 17 Mar 2005 09:57:26 -0500, Lowell Gilbert > wrote: > > Pietro Cerutti writes: > > > > > Hi list, > > > my computer is not part of a domain, and so I had set my hostname to > > > . > > > Now I changed it in rc.conf to : > > > > > > ~> cat /etc/rc.conf | grep hostname > > > hostname="" > > > ~> > > > > > > I rebooted, but my pc is still somewhere configured to be called . > > > First of all, when the pc boots, I see this in dmesg: > > > > > > FreeBSD 5.4-PRERELEASE #10: Wed Mar 9 15:40:46 UTC 2005 > > > @:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GAHR > > > > That's not a problem; all it means is that's who built the kernel. It > > doesn't get used for *anything* other than printing that message. > > > > > Then, when I try to start apache, I see this in my > > > /var/log/httpd-error.log, and apache won't start: > > > > > > [Thu Mar 17 13:29:11 2005] [alert] mod_unique_id: unable to > > > gethostbyname("") grep -ir "" /etc /usr/local/etc (mabe even for /var/named too...) that might shed some light as to where its coming from... as for the bootup the user@oldhostname is just that you compiled the kernel as that, it affects nothing > > You must have put the old hostname into Apache's configuration > > explicitly. You will need to change it by hand. The configuration > > file is (by default, as installed from the port) > > /usr/local/etc/apache/httpd.conf. > > No, this is not the problem. I searched in httpd.conf but I didn't > find anything concerning my . > > I even deinstalled & deleted the configuration files & reinstalled apache. > > Don't forget this: > FreeBSD 5.4-PRERELEASE #10: Wed Mar 9 15:40:46 UTC 2005 > @:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GAHR > > Here I have my too. > > > > > > > > > My question is: how can I change my hostname to safely, > > > in a way that the is not used anymore in any part of > > > the OS? > > > > Changing rc.conf is enough for anything that was configured > > automatically. > > It should be so, but it actually isn't. > > If you changed some other configuration by hand, you > > will need to change it again by hand. Note that if you had not added > > your hostname to httpd.conf, Apache would have used the system > > hostname by default (I believe; I haven't actually checked this > > recently). > > I'm sure I didn't set my anywhere else than in rc.conf > > > > > Be well. > > > > However, thank you for your advice, but it didn't solve my problem... > > > -- > Pietro Cerutti > > > > Beansidhe - SwiSS Death / Thrash Metal > > > Windows: "Where do you want to go today?" > Linux: "Where do you want to go tomorrow?" > FreeBSD: "Are you guys coming or what?" > > > -- > Pietro Cerutti > > > > Beansidhe - SwiSS Death / Thrash Metal > > > Windows: "Where do you want to go today?" > Linux: "Where do you want to go tomorrow?" > FreeBSD: "Are you guys coming or what?" > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >