Re: [oS-EN] Zero bytes /etc/hosts

Masaru Nomiya <[email protected]> Sun, 02 Aug 2026 09:58:20 +0900
Newsgroups gmane.linux.suse.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hello,

In the Message; 

  Subject    : Re: [oS-EN] Zero bytes /etc/hosts
  Message-ID : <[email protected]>
  Date & Time: Sat, 1 Aug 2026 14:04:26 +0200

[CER] == "Carlos E. R." <[email protected]> has written:

CER>  On 2026-08-01 13:44, Masaru Nomiya wrote:
CER>  > Hello,


CER>  What could have zeroed /etc/hosts? Dated this morning boot time.
 
MN> > I think the system's self-protection mechanism kicked in because the
MN> > file system became read-only.

CER>  huh? No. I wrote an skeleton hosts file, from .rpmorig

CER>  If "/" were read only, I would have seen many errors in the
CER>  warning log. There was nothing of the sort.

If there's a log file like that, I'd really like to see it.

If you had used the rescue DVD, you would have been able to find out
exactly what happened.

Good Luck & Best Rgards.

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