Hi folks, When I define 3x HiperSocket interfaces using YaST in SUSE SLES 10.1, I end up with a total of 4x IP address entries for the same domain name in /etc/hosts. For example...
nnn.nnn.nnn.25 vmlxtst5.xxxx.xxx.xx vmlxtst5 nnn.nnn.nnn.25 vmlxtst5.xxxx.xxx.xx nnn.nnn.nnn.25 vmlxtst5.xxxx.xxx.xx nnn.nnn.mmm.202 vmlxtst5.xxxx.xxx.xx Here, .202 is the OSA interface, and the .25 entries are one for each of the 3x Hipersocket interfaces. (Address parts changed to protect the innocent). Only the last entry ends up being the one used to resolve the domain name. The order the entries appear in depends on the order they were defined in. So, in some cases, a hipersocket IP address ends up being resolved for the server domain name. This has caused some applications to not work. Within YaST, there is an option on the panel to define the Hostname and Name Server in the Network Card configuration called "Write Hostname to /etc/hosts". This option is a check-box that is selected. If I could de-select that option for the hipersockets, I expect the entries would not be entered into /etc/hosts. However, this option is greyed out and cannot be changed to de-select it. I found that this option was only selectable if DHCP is used, but we use static IP addresses. I know that I could use YaST > Network Services > Hostnames to delete the offending hipersocket entries out of /etc/hosts afterwards. Or manually edit this file. However, shouldn't YaST be smart enough to disallow multiple entries with the same domain name /etc/hosts? Or at least allow me the option of selecting whether I want to update /etc/hosts? Regards, Fred Schmidt Department of Corporate and Information Services (DCIS) Data Centre Services (DCS) Northern Territory Government, Australia ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
