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On December 18, 2016 9:32:25 AM GMT+01:00, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote: |
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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 |
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><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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>> > |
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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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>> > |
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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 |
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>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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>> > |
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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 |
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>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 |
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>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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>> |
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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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> |
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>hostname returns the correct name of the PC, as set in /etc/hosts. |
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>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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> |
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>culrpit. I seem to recall this PC had booted with a Knoppix CD some |
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>days ago, |
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>perhaps this was cached by the router. |
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I think dhcpcd and co cache the results given in /var.... somewhere. |
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They also can log into /var/log/messages |
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-- |
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Joost |
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-- |
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