On Thu, 2007-09-27 at 10:07 -0400, Simo Sorce wrote: > On Thu, 2007-09-27 at 09:59 -0400, Harry Hoffman wrote: > > Hi, > > > > 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 > > But breaks miserably in other situations when you wanto to resolve the > ip address of your machine. A typical example is kerberos and winbindd > (also using kerberos). > > > Am I remembering correctly, in terms of how I believe it used to be? If > > so, anyone know why it changed? > > Breaks stuff. Yes, it also causes this problem: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=217925 -- Tomas Mraz No matter how far down the wrong road you've gone, turn back. Turkish proverb -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
