[30383] in Hotline Meeting
Re:
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Carol Elder)
Mon Oct 16 09:58:59 1995
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 1995 09:58:55 -0400
To: jjmorey@MIT.EDU
From: elder@MIT.EDU (Carol Elder)
Cc: net-info@MIT.EDU, hotline@MIT.EDU
>Last week, an athena computer (host-name:"rca-sun", supported by
>the Athena network) was moved into my lab (66-457). I changed the
>hostname and IP address by editing the one line in /etc/hosts file,
>as was suggested by athena "olc" consultants.
>
>I did so on Wednesday, and rebooted the machine. Since then, the
>computer is not able "to start X", reverts to "console login",
>and then just quits after a "60 second login timeout".
>
>Because I am not able to even successfully login, things seem
>futile from my end. I have tried
>to solve the problem and enlisted the help of wilhelmi@mit.edu and
>pjm@mit.edu, who are departmental computer consultants. They have
>indicated that since this machine is supported by the Athena
>network, you would be the correct people to contact.
>
>I would greatly appreciate having this computer up and running as
>quickly as possible, as I do computational research for my thesis.
>One guess might be that in addition to my changing the /etc/hosts
>file, you'all at athena may need to change permission/security
>settings to permit the new hostname to be on the network.
>
>Info:
>
>Here is the new hostname and IP address:
>
> SUPERMAN.MIT.EDU 18.63.0.195
>
>the old hostname was "rca-sun".
>
>thank you very much,
>
>Sunil
>/* ---------- */
Hi JJ:
If you remember, building 66 has a special arrangement. I believe it means
they can move the computers around. they have their own network and
network administrator for both wiring and addresses.
This would be an Athena hotline solution. If he changed the name, wouldn't
hesinfo need to be done?
Net help has nothing to do with machines in 66.
thanks
carol
