Re: /etc/hosts file

[John Summerfield <debian herakles homelinux org>]

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Kashif Ali wrote:
> Its not about using DNS, its simply configuring the local host correctly
> with it's own host/FQDN.

The domain name doesn't really mean much outside of DNS, particularly 
when a device is mobile,

Manually managing IP addresses and domain names is risky business; 
likely you'll get it wrong & wonder why it doesn't work.


> DNS something which would be used for other hosts....
>
>
> Kashif
>
>
> On 21/11/06, John Summerfield <debian herakles homelinux org> wrote:
>
> > Kashif Ali wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I have been playing with kickstarts for a while, however i never
> > understood
> > > why when you have the line:
> > >
> > > network --device eth0 --bootproto static --ip 192.168.1.8 --netmask
> > > 255.255.255.0 --gateway 192.168.1.254 --nameserver 
> > 192.168.1.252--hostname
> > > host.mydomain.com
> > >
> > > kickstart creates a /etc/hosts file as follows:
> > >
> > >
> > > 127.0.0.1               host.mydomain.com myhost
> > > localhost.localdomainlocalhost
> > >
> > > why doesn't it do it correcty as:
> > >
> > > 127.0.0.1              localhost.localdomain localhost
> > > 192.168.1.8          host.mydomain.com host
> >
> > I don't want either; I use DNS for all my LANs.
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Cheers
> > John
> >
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John

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