Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug. Summary: Review Request: nss-myhostname - glibc plugin for local system host name resolution https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=468753 Summary: Review Request: nss-myhostname - glibc plugin for local system host name resolution Product: Fedora Version: rawhide Platform: All OS/Version: Linux Status: NEW Severity: medium Priority: medium Component: Package Review AssignedTo: nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ReportedBy: lpoetter@xxxxxxxxxx QAContact: extras-qa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx CC: notting@xxxxxxxxxx, fedora-package-review@xxxxxxxxxx Estimated Hours: 0.0 Classification: Fedora Spec URL: http://0pointer.de/public/nss-myhostname.spec SRPM URL: http://0pointer.de/public/nss-myhostname-0.2-1.fc10.src.rpm Description: nss-myhostname is a plugin for the GNU Name Service Switch (NSS) functionality of the GNU C Library (glibc) providing host name resolution for the locally configured system hostname as returned by gethostname(2). A lot of software relies on that the local host name is resolvable via DNS to an IPv4 or IPv6 address. When using dynamic hostnames this is usually achieved by patching /etc/hosts which however is suboptimal since it requires a writable /etc file system and is fragile because the file might also be edited by the administrator. nss-myhostname simply returns the IPv4 address 127.0.0.2 (wich is on the local loopback) and the IPv6 address ::1 (which is the local host) for whatever system hostname is configured locally. Patching /etc/hostname is thus no longer necessary. --- When we make the system host name a bit more more dynamic this should allow us to still guarantee that the hostname stays resolvable under all circumstances without having to rewrite /etc/hosts all the time. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Fedora-package-review mailing list Fedora-package-review@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-package-review