Bug 149163

Summary:	Error message while using the command 'hostid' within a terminal console
Product:	[openSUSE] SUSE LINUX 10.0	Reporter:	Forgotten User A3RK95FV9B <forgotten_A3RK95FV9B>
Component:	Basesystem	Assignee:	Hendrik Vogelsang <hvogel>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:	E-mail List <qa-bugs>
Severity:	Normal
Priority:	P5 - None
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	i686
OS:	Other
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Description Forgotten User A3RK95FV9B 2006-02-08 18:28:34 UTC

The resulting error message when having input the command 'hostid' is the following:
'Error while trying: gethostid'
This error message is output without any line feed (see following screen shot)!!

ibs@linux:~> hostid
Error while trying: gethostidibs@linux:~>

Setting the host identity with the help of the command 'hostid decimal_number' creates the relevant /etc/hostid file. Afterwards the command 'hostid' is returning the host identity just set without any error message.

Comment 1 Olaf Kirch 2006-02-08 22:11:38 UTC

This is a bug in hostid, not the kernel.

Comment 2 Hendrik Vogelsang 2006-02-09 10:28:02 UTC

this is purely cosmetical. ill wait if i get other things to do in util-linux and if yes it might get in. if not it will come after 10.1

Comment 3 Hendrik Vogelsang 2006-02-10 14:19:49 UTC

checked in for the next beta