Re: Nodename issue

From	Bruce Esquibel <bje@ripco.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.sun.admin
Subject	Re: Nodename issue
Date	2015-04-07 12:31 +0000
Organization	Ripco Communications Inc.
Message-ID	<mg0inc$57e$2@remote5bge0.ripco.com> (permalink)
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Michael Moeller <mmoel@t-online.de> wrote:
> Hi,

> in the course of a network expansion I had to connect an SS5,
> Sol 2.6, to a new subrouter.

> Oddly enough, a first trial using 'route add default <NEW IP>'
> followed by 'ifconfig le0 auto-dhcp' failed, so I changed the
> routers address in /etc/defaultrouter and did a reboot.

> This worked but the machine changed its name to 'new-host-3',
> which is undesirable. /etc/nodename still contains the right
> name, though.

> Where do I miss something?

My WAG is /etc/hosts

Something like:

192.168.1.123	whatever.domain.com   whatever

with the IP address of the machine should fix it using 2.6.

-bruce
bje@ripco.com

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Nodename issue Michael Moeller <mmoel@t-online.de> - 2015-04-06 14:23 +0200
  Re: Nodename issue Bruce Esquibel <bje@ripco.com> - 2015-04-07 12:31 +0000
    Re: Nodename issue mmoel <mic1@t-online.de> - 2015-04-07 15:48 +0200
      Re: Nodename issue Gary <nobody@nomail.com> - 2015-04-07 19:05 -0400
        Re: Nodename issue Michael Moeller <mmoel@t-online.de> - 2015-04-08 13:20 +0200
          Re: Nodename issue Casper H.S. Dik <Casper.Dik@OrSPaMcle.COM> - 2015-04-08 11:27 +0000
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              Re: Nodename issue Casper H.S. Dik <Casper.Dik@OrSPaMcle.COM> - 2015-04-08 13:04 +0000
                Re: Nodename issue Gary <nobody@nomail.com> - 2015-04-08 13:41 -0400
                Re: Nodename issue Michael Moeller <mmoel@t-online.de> - 2015-04-08 20:48 +0200
                Re: Nodename issue Casper H.S. Dik <Casper.Dik@OrSPaMcle.COM> - 2015-04-08 21:40 +0000
                Re: Nodename issue Michael Moeller <mmoel@t-online.de> - 2015-04-09 12:24 +0200
                Re: Nodename issue Gary <nobody@nomail.com> - 2015-04-09 06:32 -0400
                Re: Nodename issue Michael Moeller <mmoel@t-online.de> - 2015-04-09 12:43 +0200
                Re: Nodename issue Michael Moeller <mmoel@t-online.de> - 2015-04-09 12:34 +0200
                Re: Nodename issue Casper H.S. Dik <Casper.Dik@OrSPaMcle.COM> - 2015-04-09 11:27 +0000
                Re: Nodename issue Michael Moeller <mmoel@t-online.de> - 2015-04-09 14:21 +0200
                Re: Nodename issue Casper H.S. Dik <Casper.Dik@OrSPaMcle.COM> - 2015-04-09 12:48 +0000
                Re: Nodename issue Michael Moeller <mmoel@t-online.de> - 2015-04-09 16:13 +0200
              Re: Nodename issue Gary <nobody@nomail.com> - 2015-04-08 13:35 -0400

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