FC4 ignores /etc/hosts?

[Robert G. (Doc) Savage]

On Sun, 2005-06-26 at 13:25 -0700, Gordon Messmer wrote:
> Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote:
> > Ever since I upgraded FC3->FC4 my laptop system is ignoring everything
> > in my /etc/hosts file. It worked fine in FC3. My /etc/nsswitch file
> > contains the line:
> >      hosts:	files dns
> > 
> > Anyone else seeing this problem???
> 
> No.  What behavior makes you believe that the system is ignoring the 
> hosts file?

Gordon,

My hosts file contains entries for local nodes that are not listed in
any DNS.  For example:

192.168.1.11	lionjet.protogeek.org	lionjet

is the entry for my Epson Stylus Color 980N. Another:

192.168.1.2	lion.protogeek.org	lion
192.168.1.100	lion-wxp.protogeek.org	wxp

is the entries for a SMP forensic workstation running RHEL4/ES, and a
Windows XP guest OS running in a VMware virtual machine on that host.

After upgrading to FC4, I was unable to print from my 'lioness' laptop
until I changed the JetDirect printer configuration from 'lionjet' to
'192.168.1.11'. I can no longer check connectivity to my gateway router
with a 'ping gw'. I have to use 'ping 192.168.1.1' instead.

-- Doc
Robert G. (Doc) Savage, BSE(EE), CISSP, RHCE | Fairview Heights, IL
Fedora Core 4 kernel 2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 on a P-III/M IBM Thinkpad A22p
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