Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 00:35:45 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Michael Alwan <alwan@rma.edu> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Amnesiac and no user ppp Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970331003418.397C-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.19970331000419.00685940@rma.edu>
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On Mon, 31 Mar 1997, Michael Alwan wrote: > To all: > > For a while I was having a problem with sendmail not finding my hostname. > I seemed to have fixed this problem (for some reason I had disabled the > "lo0" device in /etc/sysconfig) with Doug White's help (his message is on > my Freebsd machine). Now sendmail is working, but my machine boots > (Amnesiac). I can set the hostname logged in as root (all my passwords > still work); then I invoke "newaliases" to rebulid the database (I've > forgotten exactly why I do this--it was explained somewhere). > > When I reboot, the machine is (Amnesiac) again. Somehow you broke the 'hostname' directive in /etc/sysconfig. Make sure it's still there and is defined, and is mode 644. > In addition, user ppp > doesn't work correctly anymore. It dials up and connects, switches to > packet mode, and capitalizes (ppp >> PPP). But nothing is being routed-the > connection is idle. I can successfully ping my own machine (ping > 127.0.0.1) but not my ISP. I haven't specified a timeout, so the > connection just stays up but idle until I close it. Do "add 0 0 HISADDR" just after connecting to add the route. > In addition, any program that needs a network connection (netscape, xemacs) > will hang if I try to start it (in X windows). Probably on a nameserver lookup on your name which doesn't exist. Hope this helps some more. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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