[SOLVED] Hostname always get set to localhost despite setting in...

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Hi,
For some reason my hostname always get set to "localhost", but I want to have Arch for hostname.
My configuration:
[christer@localhost ~]$ cat /etc/hostname
#Hostname
Arch
[christer@localhost ~]$
[christer@localhost ~]$ cat /etc/hosts
# /etc/hosts: static lookup table for host names
#<ip-address> <hostname.domain.org> <hostname>
127.0.0.1 Arch.localhost.localdomain localhost.localdomain localhost Arch
::1 Arch.localhost.localdomain localhost.localdomain localhost Arch
192.168.1.101 torr
192.168.1.111 bubba
192.168.1.102 fuel
# End of file
[christer@localhost ~]$
I use static IP assigned with netcfg.
[christer@localhost ~]$ cat /etc/network.d/eth0-static
CONNECTION='ethernet'
DESCRIPTION='A basic static ethernet connection using iproute'
INTERFACE='eth0'
IP='static'
ADDR='192.168.1.100'
ROUTES=('192.168.0.0/24 via 192.168.1.1')
GATEWAY='192.168.1.1'
DNS=('192.168.1.1')
## For IPv6 autoconfiguration
IP6=stateless
## For IPv6 static address configuration
#IP6='static'
#ADDR6=('1234:5678:9abc:def::1/64' '1234:3456::123/96')
#ROUTES6=('abcd::1234')
#GATEWAY6='1234:0:123::abcd'
[christer@localhost ~]$
[christer@localhost ~]$
In rc.conf I have.
DAEMONS=(hwclock syslog-ng net-profiles netfs crond dbus cupsd mpd mpdscribble autofs iptables munin-node)
Is it something in my /etc/hosts config thar missing so it defaults to localhost?
Any ide whay I do not ger "Arch" as hostname?
Best regards,
/Christer
Last edited by agkbill (2012-10-20 08:59:47)

Answer 1

The problem was the empty lines and comment in /etc/hostname.
I tried it back and forth and the problem was reproducible by adding the comment and empty lines in /etc/hostname again.
Thank you for helping me with this!
All the best,
Christer
PS:
In the wiki "Editing Configuring Network" I added:
/etc/hostname should not contain comments or empty lines.
Last edited by agkbill (2012-10-20 10:51:07)