Re: Re: [Nolug] Localhost name problemy

On 2002/09/10 Tue PM 03:52:51 EDT Scott Harney wrote
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Try this (as root):
  pico /etc/hosts
  cd /etc
  grep att\.net *
use pico to edit futher found files. this might not catch tehm all because
from the description below, I can't tell when or where this information
was entered. And what distribution of linux might help.

I take it this box is going direclty into a graphical workstation
login.
<<
X kept respawning too soon to get anywhere, so I reloaded RH 7.3 without reformatting anything but the swap disk. The localhost name is still netmail@att.net. In addition, I can't log in as a user--it will accept root only. Attempts to log in as user make it cycle back to the login screen, but it never says invalid user or password.

I grepped all the directories recursively and all I could find for 'netmail' was
   HOSTNAME="netmail@att.net"
in
   /etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default/network
   /etc/sysconfig.network

I tried to copy all user's docs to a CD but couldn't get into his home directory as root. If I could copy them all I would just reload with reformat. Or is it safe to specify only certain partitions to be reformatted?

On Tue, Sep 10, 2002 at 03:37:03PM -0400, jdtiede@bellsouth.net wrote:
> Waiting doesn't get sendmail up, but after 5-10 minutes it times out and allows me to log in in text mode only. However, I haven't been successful in using a text-mode editor. I don't have much experience with Linux yet, but am desparate to get away from Microsoft!
> Assuming I find out how to edit, what other file needs to have the localhost name changed from 'netmail@att.net'? I only discovered this was happening when lpd refused to accept it from the system.
>
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> From: Scott Harney <scotth@scottharney.com>
> Date: 2002/09/10 Tue PM 01:05:47 EDT
> To: nolug@joeykelly.net
> Subject: Re: [Nolug] Localhost name problem
>
> Before recommending more radical methods of repair, have you
> tried hitting "ctrl+C" during the bootup when it gets to
> the "starting sendmail" part? This works on debian, but I don't know
> about other distro's
>
> How long have you waited for sendmail to quit churing? It might be
> that you haven't waited long enough.
>
> On Tue, Sep 10, 2002 at 01:15:16PM -0400, jdtiede@bellsouth.net wrote:
> > In getting a friend's computer to connect with his ISP, I inadvertently caused "netmail@att.net" to be inserted as localhost. I found it in sendmail.conf (which I don't even think I'm using since the machine is not networked other than using att.net) and changed it to "localhost." Now I can't get it to boot (always stops and sendmail). I have tried running a repair installation from the CD. I can't get it to boot from a floppy except for installtion purposes. I don't want to damage his data files. What can I do?
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