Hosts file not updating IP & Hostname

beka2

Vu+ Newbie
I noticed that "/etc/hosts" is not updating with the LAN ip and hostname.
Any tips on how to fix this ?

root@vuultimo4k:/etc# cat hostname
vuultimo4k
root@vuultimo4k:/etc# cat hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
root@vuultimo4k:/etc# ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1D:EC:------
inet addr:192.168.0.5 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:40961 errors:0 dropped:1974 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:29215 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:8096288 (7.7 MiB) TX bytes:11910768 (11.3 MiB)


Also, how does one install nano ?
 

beka2

Vu+ Newbie
In the meantine I read about this and it seems there is no issue with the hosts file.
Although, I noticed the DHCP option 12 (hostname) is not being broadcast.
What dhcp client does the system use? And how can I check why the hostname isn't being broadcast ?

Also still curious how to install nano ?
 

beka2

Vu+ Newbie
Sorry for double-posting but I found out how to fix the hostname. So if anyone ever needs...
I was blind and didn't see "/etc/networks/interfaces" was missing the line "hostname vuultimo4k".

Now only nano missing.
 

AlexWilMac

Moderator
Not possible, AFAIK: use vi. But, are you sure you need a text editor INSIDE the image? I need only such a thing for a script I wrote. Otherwise is much easier to directly edit files by FTP.
 
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