Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 18:41:57 -0500 From: Ted Spradley <tsprad@set.spradley.tmi.net> To: Khetan Gajjar <khetan@iafrica.com> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Losing hostname after power-loss Message-ID: <E0yPFKz-0003qR-00@set.spradley.tmi.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 14 Apr 1998 23:36:00 %2B0200." <Pine.BSF.3.96.980414233445.619A-100000@chain>
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> Hi. > > After a power-failure, my 2.2.6-STABLE machine decided to > lose it's hostname from the rc.conf file. Nothing else was > affected. You mean one line was deleted from the file? Did the file creation date mean anything to you? 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. > Initially, I thought someone hacked my box, > but a careful look at logs and running the security script > after a fresh CVSup revealed nothing. > > Has anyone else experienced this ? > > --- > 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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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