[gentoo-user] On login, hostname ends with ".O" instead of my domain

[gentoo-user] On login, hostname ends with ".O" instead of my domain

[Pandu Poluan]

I knew I've read about this somewhere, but I couldn't find it again...

I'm installing a new Gentoo box, and it boots successfully... but the
login screen indicates the machine's name as "NAME.O"

Where does the ".O" part comes from? How to replace that with my actual domain?

TIA

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Re: [gentoo-user] On login, hostname ends with ".O" instead of my domain

[Alan McKinnon]

On Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:58:48 +0700
Pandu Poluan <pandu@poluan.info> wrote:

> I knew I've read about this somewhere, but I couldn't find it again...
> 
> I'm installing a new Gentoo box, and it boots successfully... but the
> login screen indicates the machine's name as "NAME.O"
> 
> Where does the ".O" part comes from? How to replace that with my
> actual domain?


What do you have in et/c/conf.d/hostname and /etc/hosts?

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Re: [gentoo-user] On login, hostname ends with ".O" instead of my domain

[Pandu Poluan]

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On Feb 27, 2012 9:15 PM, "Alan McKinnon" <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:58:48 +0700
> Pandu Poluan <pandu@poluan.info> wrote:
>
> > I knew I've read about this somewhere, but I couldn't find it again...
> >
> > I'm installing a new Gentoo box, and it boots successfully... but the
> > login screen indicates the machine's name as "NAME.O"
> >
> > Where does the ".O" part comes from? How to replace that with my
> > actual domain?
>
>
> What do you have in et/c/conf.d/hostname and /etc/hosts?
>

IIRC, both have been set properly, but I might made a mistake. I'll get
back to you tomorrow. Internet at my home is very splotchy tonight.

Rgds,

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Re: [gentoo-user] On login, hostname ends with ".O" instead of my domain

[Daniel Troeder]

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On 27.02.2012 16:16, Pandu Poluan wrote:
> 
> On Feb 27, 2012 9:15 PM, "Alan McKinnon" <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com
> <mailto:alan.mckinnon@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:58:48 +0700
>> Pandu Poluan <pandu@poluan.info <mailto:pandu@poluan.info>> wrote:
>>
>> > I knew I've read about this somewhere, but I couldn't find it again...
>> >
>> > I'm installing a new Gentoo box, and it boots successfully... but the
>> > login screen indicates the machine's name as "NAME.O"
>> >
>> > Where does the ".O" part comes from? How to replace that with my
>> > actual domain?
>>
>>
>> What do you have in et/c/conf.d/hostname and /etc/hosts?
>>
> 
> IIRC, both have been set properly, but I might made a mistake. I'll get
> back to you tomorrow. Internet at my home is very splotchy tonight.
> 
> Rgds,
> 
Just guessing: do you use the NetworkManager? It sets the domain name
from DHCP by default. I had X-issues because of that :)
If it is that you can edit /etc/NetworkManager/nm-system-settings.conf :
----------------------------------------------------------------------
[main]
plugins=keyfile

[keyfile]
hostname=moja.local
----------------------------------------------------------------------

(In my nm-system-settings.conf there is also a "ifnet" section, so the
"plugins" directive is actually "plugins=ifnet,keyfile".)

By,
Daniel

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Re: [gentoo-user] On login, hostname ends with ".O" instead of my domain

[Pandu Poluan]

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On Feb 28, 2012 1:07 AM, "Daniel Troeder" <daniel@admin-box.com> wrote:
>
> On 27.02.2012 16:16, Pandu Poluan wrote:
> >
> > On Feb 27, 2012 9:15 PM, "Alan McKinnon" <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com
> > <mailto:alan.mckinnon@gmail.com>> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:58:48 +0700
> >> Pandu Poluan <pandu@poluan.info <mailto:pandu@poluan.info>> wrote:
> >>
> >> > I knew I've read about this somewhere, but I couldn't find it
again...
> >> >
> >> > I'm installing a new Gentoo box, and it boots successfully... but the
> >> > login screen indicates the machine's name as "NAME.O"
> >> >
> >> > Where does the ".O" part comes from? How to replace that with my
> >> > actual domain?
> >>
> >>
> >> What do you have in et/c/conf.d/hostname and /etc/hosts?
> >>
> >
> > IIRC, both have been set properly, but I might made a mistake. I'll get
> > back to you tomorrow. Internet at my home is very splotchy tonight.
> >
> > Rgds,
> >
> Just guessing: do you use the NetworkManager? It sets the domain name
> from DHCP by default. I had X-issues because of that :)
> If it is that you can edit /etc/NetworkManager/nm-system-settings.conf :
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> [main]
> plugins=keyfile
>
> [keyfile]
> hostname=moja.local
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> (In my nm-system-settings.conf there is also a "ifnet" section, so the
> "plugins" directive is actually "plugins=ifnet,keyfile".)
>

Thanks for the tip, but unfortunately, this box is statically addressed. I
don't use dhcpd nor NetworkManager.

Besides, it's a headless server.

Rgds,

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Re: [gentoo-user] On login, hostname ends with ".O" instead of my domain

[Peter Ruskin]

On Monday 27 February 2012 18:37:05 Pandu Poluan wrote:
> > >> > I'm installing a new Gentoo box, and it boots
> > >> > successfully... but the login screen indicates the
> > >> > machine's name as "NAME.O"
> > >> >
> > >> > Where does the ".O" part comes from? How to replace that
> > >> > with my actual domain?

You can edit /etc/issue to read:

This is <host>.<domain> (\r) \t \l

Replace <host>.<domain> with real values

Re: [gentoo-user] On login, hostname ends with ".O" instead of my domain

[Pandu Poluan]

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On Feb 28, 2012 4:11 AM, "Peter Ruskin" <peter.ruskin@dsl.pipex.com> wrote:
>
> On Monday 27 February 2012 18:37:05 Pandu Poluan wrote:
> > > >> > I'm installing a new Gentoo box, and it boots
> > > >> > successfully... but the login screen indicates the
> > > >> > machine's name as "NAME.O"
> > > >> >
> > > >> > Where does the ".O" part comes from? How to replace that
> > > >> > with my actual domain?
>
> You can edit /etc/issue to read:
>
> This is <host>.<domain> (\r) \t \l
>
> Replace <host>.<domain> with real values
>

It's that line declaring the OS version, architecture, and whathaveyous
above the "login:" prompt.

Rgds,

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Re: [gentoo-user] On login, hostname ends with ".O" instead of my domain

[Alan McKinnon]

On Tue, 28 Feb 2012 08:36:34 +0700
Pandu Poluan <pandu@poluan.info> wrote:

> On Feb 28, 2012 4:11 AM, "Peter Ruskin" <peter.ruskin@dsl.pipex.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > On Monday 27 February 2012 18:37:05 Pandu Poluan wrote:
> > > > >> > I'm installing a new Gentoo box, and it boots
> > > > >> > successfully... but the login screen indicates the
> > > > >> > machine's name as "NAME.O"
> > > > >> >
> > > > >> > Where does the ".O" part comes from? How to replace that
> > > > >> > with my actual domain?
> >
> > You can edit /etc/issue to read:
> >
> > This is <host>.<domain> (\r) \t \l
> >
> > Replace <host>.<domain> with real values
> >
> 
> It's that line declaring the OS version, architecture, and
> whathaveyous above the "login:" prompt.
> 
> Rgds,

You probably have a typo in /etc/issue (a missing backslash). Default
looks like so:

 $ cat /etc/issue

This is \n.\O (\s \m \r) \t


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Re: [gentoo-user] On login, hostname ends with ".O" instead of my domain

[Pandu Poluan]

On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 13:53, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Feb 2012 08:36:34 +0700
>
---- >8 snip
>
> You probably have a typo in /etc/issue (a missing backslash). Default
> looks like so:
>
>  $ cat /etc/issue
>
> This is \n.\O (\s \m \r) \t
>
>

==========

# cat /etc/hosts | egrep -v "^#"

127.0.0.1       SHEPARD.biznet.pans SHEPARD localhost
::1             SHEPARD.biznet.pans SHEPARD localhost

# cat /etc/conf.d/hostname
# Set to the hostname of this machine
hostname="SHEPARD"

# cat /etc/issue

This is \n.\O (\s \m \r) \t

==========

Other suggestions?

Rgds,
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