Re: CDE question

From: Michael Tosch (eedmit_at_NO.eed.SPAM.ericsson.PLS.se)
Date: 11/27/03 

Date: 27 Nov 2003 18:40:13 GMT

In article <Pine.GSO.4.58.0311271247140.22731@airy>, Guy Paulus <gpaulus@smc.ulb.ac.be> writes:
> On Thu, 27 Nov 2003, Martin Paul wrote:
>
> > Guy Paulus <gpaulus@smc.ulb.ac.be> wrote:
> > > tx38 is an old alias name that has been replaced by smc38 in the /etc/hosts
> > > file of the server. The display should now be smc38:0.0 instead of tx38:0.0
> > > A fresh $HOME/.dt directory has been created, but still the errorlog shows
> > > tx38:0.0 as display. Is there something remaining somewhere on the server
> > > with the old display information that I have to get rid of ?
> >
> > If the hostname of the machine was changed by just editing /etc/hosts,
> > this could be the culprit. The hostname is also listed in some
> > other files under /etc. Check the manpage for sys-unconfig (which
> > is the supported command to change the hostname) for a list of files
> > to be modified.
>
> tx38 was an alias for a remote host, not the solaris server. I don't
> see what sys-unconfig has to do with the DISPLAY value on the remote
> host. When the user logs into another server, where the /etc/hosts file
> is empty except for the loopback and the server itself, the DISPLAY
> value is correctly set to smc38:0.0, not tx38:0.0.
> Both servers use /etc/nsswitch.conf with "hosts: file dns"; the difference
> is that on the server complaining about the display, /etc/hosts contains
> an smc38 entry, while on the other the hostname is provided by the DNS.
> --
> ,

Check the other files under /etc, like /etc/nodename and /etc/net/*/hosts.

Does
getent hosts IP-address
resolve to the new host name?

Have you rebooted the machine? At least you should restart dtlogin and
syslog service after changing host name. 

-- 
Michael Tosch
IT Specialist
HP Managed Services Germany
Phone +49 2407 575 313

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