Messages in this thread |  | | From | "Nicholas J. Leon" <> | Subject | Re: syslogd and 2.1.14 | Date | Sat, 7 Dec 1996 23:49:28 -0500 (EST) |
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Keith Owens was overheard whispering ... # > any suggestions??? # # syslogd prior to 1.3.1 gets segv on a NULL pointer after gethostbyname if # the hostname cannot be resolved. Sounds like your nameserver is not # resolving the hostname.
More likely than not syslog is being launched far before the ethernet devices (or even named) come up.
A valid /etc/hosts file should fix this, it did mine.
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