Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] On login, hostname ends with ".O" instead of my domain
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 06:55:14
Message-Id: 20120228085329.178d8f65@khamul.example.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] On login, hostname ends with ".O" instead of my domain by Pandu Poluan
1 On Tue, 28 Feb 2012 08:36:34 +0700
2 Pandu Poluan <pandu@××××××.info> wrote:
3
4 > On Feb 28, 2012 4:11 AM, "Peter Ruskin" <peter.ruskin@×××××××××.com>
5 > wrote:
6 > >
7 > > On Monday 27 February 2012 18:37:05 Pandu Poluan wrote:
8 > > > > >> > I'm installing a new Gentoo box, and it boots
9 > > > > >> > successfully... but the login screen indicates the
10 > > > > >> > machine's name as "NAME.O"
11 > > > > >> >
12 > > > > >> > Where does the ".O" part comes from? How to replace that
13 > > > > >> > with my actual domain?
14 > >
15 > > You can edit /etc/issue to read:
16 > >
17 > > This is <host>.<domain> (\r) \t \l
18 > >
19 > > Replace <host>.<domain> with real values
20 > >
21 >
22 > It's that line declaring the OS version, architecture, and
23 > whathaveyous above the "login:" prompt.
24 >
25 > Rgds,
26
27 You probably have a typo in /etc/issue (a missing backslash). Default
28 looks like so:
29
30 $ cat /etc/issue
31
32 This is \n.\O (\s \m \r) \t
33
34
35 --
36 Alan McKinnnon
37 alan.mckinnon@×××××.com

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Re: [gentoo-user] On login, hostname ends with ".O" instead of my domain Pandu Poluan <pandu@××××××.info>