Bug 149163 - Error message while using the command 'hostid' within a terminal console
Summary: Error message while using the command 'hostid' within a terminal console
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
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Product: SUSE LINUX 10.0
Classification: openSUSE
Component: Basesystem (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: i686 Other
: P5 - None : Normal
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Assignee: Hendrik Vogelsang
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Reported: 2006-02-08 18:28 UTC by Forgotten User A3RK95FV9B
Modified: 2006-02-10 14:19 UTC (History)
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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