-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 James Sparenberg wrote: > On Wed, 2003-02-26 at 03:41, Teletchéa Stéphane wrote:
> Or if your are in a situation like mine. A mixed Linux/Unix enviroment > where One box with 9.1 on it (and likely to never be more than 2 or 3 > out of about 150) ZeroConf has Zero effect. Argue all you want about > POST configuration reactions. The first time you start MDK if you are > using any gnome appolication or proftpd. The applications will not > start. period. Until you either > > a) Edit /etc/hosts > b) Give up on proftpd / gnome and use something else. c) Fix your DNS. Any unix evnironment should have working DNS, otherwise all sorts of things are issues. Set your hostname on your machine to match the name its IP resolves to. [EMAIL PROTECTED] bgmilne]$ grep ` hostname -s` /etc/hosts [EMAIL PROTECTED] bgmilne]$ My Gnome works just fine. On any machine in our network, without doing anything to /etc/hosts. But our DHCP and DNS are setup right. > > This continual attempt to justify something that doesn't work in a mixed > environment is really getting on my nerves and I apologize for seeming > harsh. ZeroConf might be a great idea. It might have benefits. BUT if > the world around it doesn't speak ZeroConf, and the users box isn't > working no amount time spent justifying it still leaves one result. The > box doesn't work. The expected result isn't achieved. The user is > picked off. Sorry for the rant. I'll crawl back in my hole. Note this > in my "data file" and know that MDK still won't be something I can just > hand someone a disk and say "have fun". Zeroconf should only come into effect *when you have no decent network infrastructure*. And it works with all Apples recent software. Buchan - -- |--------------Another happy Mandrake Club member--------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x121 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE+XdsirJK6UGDSBKcRAjVPAJ4iS1c81krz9u0RgwNEKg9Jt7FqFgCgggzF noNnZhPAUpbdH9PyDw7RBSE= =+JqS -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
