On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 10:10:42 -0400 Simo Sorce <ssorce@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, 2007-09-27 at 10:02 -0400, David Cantrell wrote: > > On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:59:16 -0400 > > Harry Hoffman <hhoffman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > So, /etc/hosts comes setup by default (i.e. after kickstart install) > > > > > > # Do not remove the following line, or various programs > > > # that require network functionality will fail. > > > 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost > > > > > > I'm fairly certain to not too long ago (redhat-9 perhaps) the hostname > > > of the system was also added to the localhost entry: > > > > > > 127.0.0.1 my.host.com my localhost.localdomain localhost > > > > > > > > > This had the distinct advantage that when apps (i.e. yum-updatesd) sent > > > mail from the system via a mail host then address would appear as: > > > root@xxxxxxxxxxx instead of root@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > Am I remembering correctly, in terms of how I believe it used to be? If > > > so, anyone know why it changed? > > > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=253979 > > > > Fixed in rawhide. > > > > Why it changed...don't know, but I'll take the blame since I'm responsible for a lot of the network gutting and rewriting in anaconda. Most likely a mistake on my part. > > > Please, PLEASE, reconsider. > I've long hated this thing of assigning the hostname to 127.0.0.1, it > always breaks when using kerberos/winbindd as the hostname needs to > reflect the public facing ip. > > I personally think that Gnome is at fault here, is there any smarter way > to at least change the hostname mappingi hosts when the main network > interface gets an IP? OK, now this is making sense as to why it changed before. It's incorrect. So here we are where a certain group of people want the hostname added to the 127.0.0.1 line and another group that doesn't. I tend to agree with the latter, but I would rather explore this post F-8 than now. Removing it, yet again, in rawhide after F-8 is released and any bugs that get opened we determine the program that's at fault and reassign the bug to that package. It'll be annoying to users, but I think it's best to not have the hostname on the 127.0.0.1 line. -- David Cantrell <dcantrell@xxxxxxxxxx> Red Hat / Westford, MA
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