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On Sunday 18 Dec 2016 08:09:06 J. Roeleveld wrote: |
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> On December 18, 2016 8:26:40 AM GMT+01:00, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> |
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wrote: |
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> >On Friday 16 Dec 2016 19:19:11 Poison BL. wrote: |
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> >> On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 7:14 PM, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> |
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> > |
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> >wrote: |
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> >> > I am looking at a Mint 18 installation and noticed when running |
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> > |
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> >netstat |
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> > |
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> >> > that |
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> >> > all tcp connections are showing not the PC name, but |
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> > |
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> >"Knoppix":<port>. |
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> > |
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> >> > What might be the cause of this? The installation was performed |
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> >using a |
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> > |
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> >> > Mint |
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> >> > LiveCD iso. |
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> >> > -- |
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> >> > Regards, |
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> >> > Mick |
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> >> |
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> >> My first check would be /etc/hosts for an entry there. That, or |
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> >lazily |
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> > |
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> >> grepping all of /etc for Knoppix. |
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> >> |
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> >> It is strange that it's not using either the hostname as given during |
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> >> setup, or an auto-generated potentially unique one, wherever it's |
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> > |
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> >pulling |
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> > |
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> >> that from. |
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> >I've grep-ped the whole of /etc, no mention of "Knoppix" there. |
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> > |
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> >I've also looked in /var/lib/NetworkManager/dhclient-enp6s8.conf to see |
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> >what |
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> >hostname NetworkManager sends to dhclient. No trace of "Knoppix" in |
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> >there |
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> >either. |
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> > |
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> >What else could it be creating or overriding a Local Address with one |
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> >called |
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> >"Knoppix", rather than what was set at installation time? |
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> |
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> There is a hostname option in the kernel config. Maybe that is used |
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> somewhere? |
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> |
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> # zgrep -i knoppix /proc/config.gz |
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> What does ' hostname ' return? |
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> |
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> -- |
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> Joost |
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hostname returns the correct name of the PC, as set in /etc/hosts. I'll |
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investigate Tom H's hint that the local router's dhcp server may be the |
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culrpit. I seem to recall this PC had booted with a Knoppix CD some days ago, |
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perhaps this was cached by the router. |
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-- |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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