Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 08:36:31 +0200 (SAT) From: Khetan Gajjar <khetan@link.freebsd.os.org.za> To: Ted Spradley <tsprad@set.spradley.tmi.net> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Losing hostname after power-loss Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980415083541.1750B-100000@link.cpt.nsc.iafrica.com> In-Reply-To: <E0yPFKz-0003qR-00@set.spradley.tmi.net>
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On Tue, 14 Apr 1998, Ted Spradley wrote: >You mean one line was deleted from the file? Did the file creation date >mean anything to you? The line wasn't deleted, but the contents of the hostname (ie the bit between the " ") was deleted. The creation date was when I switched the machine back on. >This happened to me recently (scary) but it turned out that rc.conf was >completely missing. I keep mine in RCS, and I apparently forget the -u >option the last time I checked it in. Recovery was easy once I figured >out *why* it didn't know its own name. Hmmm, ok. --- Khetan Gajjar (!kg1779) khetan@iafrica.com (w); khetan@os.org.za (h) http://www.os.org.za/~khetan | Finger: khetan@chain.freebsd.os.org.za UUNET Internet Africa Support | FreeBSD enthusiast-www2.za.freebsd.org A computer without Microsoft and Intel is like chocolate cake without tomato sauce and mustard To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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