Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site mtxinu.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!hpda!fortune!amdcad!amd!dual!unisoft!mtxinu!ed From: ed@mtxinu.UUCP (Ed Gould) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: sendmail problem Message-ID: <193@mtxinu.UUCP> Date: Fri, 28-Dec-84 21:21:44 EST Article-I.D.: mtxinu.193 Posted: Fri Dec 28 21:21:44 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 31-Dec-84 02:12:58 EST References: <9500005@txsil.UUCP> Organization: mt Xinu, Berkeley, CA Lines: 17 > After searching numerious hours I decided to show my weakness and to ask > help for my following bug: > > Cannot open /dev/console: Bad filenumber > > biff y does not work anymore > > This problem occured after shuffeling with the hostname/uucpname. These both come from not being able to find the address of the local machine from the hostname file. If you're not on a network, then what's being used is the "loopback" net where your address is 127.0.0.0 -- Ed Gould {ucbvax,decvax}!mtxinu!ed