On Mon, 2008-03-31 at 06:31 +0800, Fennix wrote: > On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 6:15 AM, Craig White <craigwhite@xxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > On Mon, 2008-03-31 at 05:56 +0800, Fennix wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 5:55 AM, Fennix > <cn.stefan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > [root@bogon log]# cat /etc/sysconfig/network > > NETWORKING=yes > > HOSTNAME=localhost.localdomain > > [root@bogon log]# > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 5:50 AM, Craig White > > <craigwhite@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Mon, 2008-03-31 at 05:44 +0800, Fennix > wrote: > > > I noticed today in my terminal window I > now have a > > host name of > > > "bogon". I had never set a hostname for > my Fedora8 > > home system. I > > > can see from my logwatch and cron system > mails that > > the delivery to > > > this host name started March 25th but none > of my > > mails shows anything > > > that seems relevant to what has set this > hostname. > > Oddly on the 26th > > > the system mails were addresses again to > > localhost.localdomain but > > > again reverted on the 27th to being > addresses to > > bogon. I have > > > checked the man pages on the hostname > command to > > locate where the name > > > is defined. Have checked the > > > > files /etc/host, /etc/hosts.conf, /etc/hostname > > (does not > > > exist), /etc/nsswitch.conf, ... but this > name does > > not show in any of > > > the files I have looked at so far. Any > ideas where > > to look further? > > > I am now wondering whether my system has > been > > compromised somehow... > > > Googleing the word bogon shows me the > meaning of of > > bogon which does > > > not seem helpful in this case. > > > > > > Checking /var/log/messages-20080330 shows > the use of > > this hostname > > > with a reboot I had done on the 24th. > Still cannot > > see where or how > > > this was set. > > ---- > > what is output of? > > > > cat /etc/sysconfig/network > > > > Craig > > > > Ooops.... > > > > > > [root@bogon log]# cat /etc/sysconfig/network > > NETWORKING=yes > > HOSTNAME=localhost.localdomain > ---- > sounds as if the name is attached to either: > - NetworkManager and since I don't use it, I don't know where > it might > store supplemental settings... > - the configuration of the device itself > - in some script that sets the name somewhere. > > is this system using DHCP to get its ip address? > if so, what is ouput of... > /etc/dhclient-eth0.conf > > I think that if the hostname is 'reset', it should be > reflected in > syslog... > what is output of... > grep Host /var/log/messages > > Might it be set in /etc/rc.d/rc.local? > tail /etc/rc.d/rc.local # should look very much like this and > anything > # additional might be a script that > sets it > #!/bin/sh > # > # This script will be executed *after* all the other init > scripts. > # You can put your own initialization stuff in here if you > don't > # want to do the full Sys V style init stuff. > > touch /var/lock/subsys/local > > Craig > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > > Hi Craig, > > Yes this pc does get its address using DHCP but the > file /etc/dhclient-eth0.conf does not exist in etc. The only file > name starting with dhcp is dhcpd.conf and the contents appear to be a > generic sample. > > The output from /var/log/messages is as follows: > > [root@bogon log]# grep Host /var/log/messages-20080323 > Mar 17 13:05:07 localhost kernel: ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: EHCI Host > Controller > Mar 17 13:05:07 localhost kernel: USB Universal Host Controller > Interface driver v3.0 > Mar 17 13:05:07 localhost kernel: uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: UHCI Host > Controller > Mar 17 13:05:07 localhost kernel: uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: UHCI Host > Controller > Mar 17 13:05:07 localhost kernel: uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: UHCI Host > Controller > Mar 17 13:05:07 localhost kernel: uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.3: UHCI Host > Controller > Mar 17 13:05:13 localhost avahi-daemon[2362]: Server startup complete. > Host name is linux.local. Local service cookie is 2257381510. > Mar 19 02:13:53 localhost kernel: ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: EHCI Host > Controller > Mar 19 02:13:53 localhost kernel: USB Universal Host Controller > Interface driver v3.0 > Mar 19 02:13:53 localhost kernel: uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: UHCI Host > Controller > Mar 19 02:13:53 localhost kernel: uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: UHCI Host > Controller > Mar 19 02:13:53 localhost kernel: uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: UHCI Host > Controller > Mar 19 02:13:53 localhost kernel: uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.3: UHCI Host > Controller > Mar 19 02:13:59 localhost avahi-daemon[2362]: Server startup complete. > Host name is linux.local. Local service cookie is 1223127342. > [root@bogon log]# grep Host /var/log/messages-20080330 > Mar 24 04:52:18 bogon kernel: ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: EHCI Host > Controller > Mar 24 04:52:18 bogon kernel: USB Universal Host Controller Interface > driver v3.0 > Mar 24 04:52:18 bogon kernel: uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: UHCI Host > Controller > Mar 24 04:52:18 bogon kernel: uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: UHCI Host > Controller > Mar 24 04:52:18 bogon kernel: uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: UHCI Host > Controller > Mar 24 04:52:18 bogon kernel: uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.3: UHCI Host > Controller > Mar 24 04:52:24 bogon avahi-daemon[2398]: Server startup complete. > Host name is bogon.local. Local service cookie is 3193077034. > Mar 26 01:25:32 localhost kernel: ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: EHCI Host > Controller > Mar 26 01:25:32 localhost kernel: USB Universal Host Controller > Interface driver v3.0 > Mar 26 01:25:32 localhost kernel: uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: UHCI Host > Controller > Mar 26 01:25:32 localhost kernel: uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: UHCI Host > Controller > Mar 26 01:25:32 localhost kernel: uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: UHCI Host > Controller > Mar 26 01:25:32 localhost kernel: uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.3: UHCI Host > Controller > Mar 26 01:25:36 localhost avahi-daemon[2319]: Server startup complete. > Host name is linux.local. Local service cookie is 1396103600. > Mar 27 13:35:16 bogon kernel: ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: EHCI Host > Controller > Mar 27 13:35:16 bogon kernel: USB Universal Host Controller Interface > driver v3.0 > Mar 27 13:35:16 bogon kernel: uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: UHCI Host > Controller > Mar 27 13:35:16 bogon kernel: uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: UHCI Host > Controller > Mar 27 13:35:16 bogon kernel: uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: UHCI Host > Controller > Mar 27 13:35:16 bogon kernel: uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.3: UHCI Host > Controller > Mar 27 13:35:22 bogon avahi-daemon[2381]: Server startup complete. > Host name is bogon.local. Local service cookie is 2714176635. > [root@bogon log]# grep Host /var/log/messages > Mar 31 04:32:20 bogon kernel: ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: EHCI Host > Controller > Mar 31 04:32:20 bogon kernel: USB Universal Host Controller Interface > driver v3.0 > Mar 31 04:32:20 bogon kernel: uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: UHCI Host > Controller > Mar 31 04:32:20 bogon kernel: uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: UHCI Host > Controller > Mar 31 04:32:20 bogon kernel: uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: UHCI Host > Controller > Mar 31 04:32:20 bogon kernel: uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.3: UHCI Host > Controller > Mar 31 04:32:25 bogon avahi-daemon[2339]: Server startup complete. > Host name is bogon.local. Local service cookie is 4272874820. > > Running tail /etc/rc.d/rc.local gives me identical results to your > sample. > > Thank you very much for your suggestions. Not clear on the meaning of > the output from messages....The host name should not be derived from > the computer hardware/firmware. ---- I'm thinking that the name must be coming from your dhcp server or from the config file for the network adaptor... what is output of? grep HOST /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 what is providing DHCP to this system? Craig
