In article <C64vI4.J4z@csie.nctu.edu.tw> ghhwang@csie.nctu.edu.tw
(Hwang Gwan-Hwan) writes:

   Dear friends,
     I have a problem about SLS 1.01.  When I have installed SLS
   1.01 and try to configure TCPIP, I had trouble with the
   instruction "/etc/hostname".  I found it does not change the
   file "/etc/host". So, when I had run hostcvt.build and reboot
   linux, the linux got a wrong hostname "softland" and failed
   for running /etc/config. But I used "vi" to edited "/etc/host"
   to the correct hostname and solved the problem. Is it normal?

Yes, this is normal.  Note that /etc/rc.net does something like:

hostname `cat /etc/host`

as part of its configuration.  You have to edit /etc/host, or
hardcode the hostname into /etc/rc.net, if you want the hostname
you chose to remain after a reboot.  /etc/hostname simply issues
a system call to the kernel to change the hostname, and is not
supposed to change /etc/host.
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