[OmniOS-discuss] hostid missing or corrupt

Mayuresh Kathe mayuresh at kathe.in
Thu Oct 17 07:23:48 UTC 2013


hi, digging up showed the following to be a solution.

rm /etc/hostid
/lib/svc/method/svc-hostid

and yeah, it just works. :)

On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 11:58:05PM -0400, Mayuresh Kathe wrote:
> hello,
> 
> noticed the following messages just before the login prompt
> after bootup;
> WARNING: hostid missing or corrupt on line 3 of /etc/hostid
> WARNING: Unable to set hostid
> 
> upon opening /etc/hostid, found a line stating;
> # DO NOT EDIT
> 
> how do i rectify the problem (if any)?
> 
> thanks,
> 
> ~mayuresh
> 
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