[baylisa] Re: wtf: hostid gives '0' as a hostid

Wed Feb 13 13:49:51 PST 2008

On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 01:25:56PM -0800, David Alban wrote:
> it turns out we have some internal dns problems that may be affecting
> things on that one box.

That would make sense.  It tries to get the IP from the hostname for reasons
I don't quite understand.  That might be it.

> also, i think /etc/hostid is a bsd thing.  i can't find it on any linux boxes.

In this case, the read of /etc/hostid is definitely there in libc.

-Phil/CERisE