I am following Howto forge The Perfect Server - Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex (Ubuntu 8.10) But every time when I reach the part where you have to edit your /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost 192.168.0.100 server1.example.com server1 # The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts ::1 localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback fe00::0 ip6-localnet ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix ff02::1 ip6-allnodes ff02::2 ip6-allrouters ff02::3 ip6-allhosts my setup is 127.0.0.1 local 127.0.0.1 server1.flowtrinidad.com sever1 fe00::0 ip6-localnet ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix ff02::1 ip6-allnodes ff02::2 ip6-allrouters ff02::3 ip6-allhosts My isp is listed in the /eyc/hosts file when I change it according to the Howtoforge setup and run echo server1.example.com > /etc/hostname I get this (-bash: /etc/hostname: Permission denied I have tried changing the configuration in the /etc/hosts file without any results by re-installing the server several times but without any results. Can you please help me and tell me what I am doing wrong. I want to get away from Microsoft and its products. I am a newbie and have been struggling with the server installation for quite along time.
Yes I am in root but still getting the same results.When I use hostname the results is=server1 ..and Hostname -f= server1.example.com the results is fine also. But the ..Sudo echo server1.example.com > /etc/hostname the same results. Even if I input >> same thing
ifconfig Tis is the output of the :-ifconfig administrator@server1:~$ ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:e0:4d:a3:95:5b inet addr:192.168.73.100 Bcast:192.168.73.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::2e0:4dff:fea3:955b/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:27 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:47 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:8762 (8.7 KB) TX bytes:5841 (5.8 KB) Interrupt:252 Base address:0x4000 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:36 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:36 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:2598 (2.5 KB) TX bytes:2598 (2.5 KB) administrator@server1:~$ sudo echo server1.example.com > /etc/hostname bash: /etc/hostname: Permission denied administrator@server1:~$
Access Denied ls -l /etc/hostname -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8 2009-01-08 18:42 /etc/hostname This is the results I got. Wish I was a linux whiz like you falko... Thanks for the ongoing help
Looks good. Can you try this? Become root by typing Code: sudo su And afterwards run Code: echo server1.example.com > /etc/hostname
su:Authentication failure When I tried su I am getting this:- wayne@wayne-desktop:~$ su Password: Your account has expired; please contact your system administrator su: Authentication failure any help
You can either try to set a new root password: Code: sudo passwd -u root or you try this: http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-reset-a-forgotten-root-password-with-knoppix Afterwards the root account should work again.
