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Re: [cobalt-users] /etc/HOSTNAME



On 20 Aug 2001 09:06:05 -0700, Danny Daniels wrote:
> I was looking  hrough the /etc directory on a RAQ4 server and came across
> this file /etc/HOSTNAME. Just as I suspected it contained the host name of
> my box. I then came across another file /etc/HOSTNAME.OLD It contained the
> following text
> lease06.sub202.mfg.cobaltmicro.com  (This host name is unknown to me ?)

That line is from the bulid process.  After the hardware is made, there
is a software install system that uses the network to install the image.
This is just leftover from the install process.  Nothing to worry about,
you can remove it if it bothering you.

Jeff

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Jeff Lovell
Sun Microsystems Inc.