I have a box I just installed centos 4.5 on. The name of the machine in /etc/hosts is TomSlick.xyz.com TomSlick (for example). the name of the machine in /etc/sysconfig/network HOSTNAME=TomSlick.xyz.com Note both are upper case: Yet when I login as root the prompt is showing me tomslick in lower case not a combo upper lower. I have grepped /etc and below for tomslick and cannot find why this machine name is not a combo of upper and lower case. I have never ran into this before. Where is this??? THanks, Jerry
Jerry Geis spake the following on 7/19/2007 10:47 AM:> I have a box I just installed centos 4.5 on. > > The name of the machine in /etc/hosts is TomSlick.xyz.com TomSlick (for > example). > the name of the machine in /etc/sysconfig/network HOSTNAME=TomSlick.xyz.com > > Note both are upper case: > > Yet when I login as root the prompt is showing me tomslick in lower case > not a combo upper lower. > > I have grepped /etc and below for tomslick and cannot find why this > machine name is not a > combo of upper and lower case. > > I have never ran into this before. Where is this??? > > THanks, > > JerryMaybe Baron Otto Matic has fouled up the Thunderbolt Greaseslapper ;-P -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!!
On 7/19/07, Jerry Geis <geisj at pagestation.com> wrote:> The name of the machine in /etc/hosts is TomSlick.xyz.com TomSlick (for > example). > the name of the machine in /etc/sysconfig/network HOSTNAME=TomSlick.xyz.com > > Note both are upper case: > > Yet when I login as root the prompt is showing me tomslick in lower case > not a combo upper lower.Correct. DNS is not case sensitive.> I have grepped /etc and below for tomslick and cannot find why this > machine name is not a > combo of upper and lower case.Because your system is following the RFC.> I have never ran into this before. Where is this???http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc4343.html -- During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. George Orwell