Re: [Puppet Users] Re: ipaddress returned by facter

2011-05-31 Thread Daniel Pittman
On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 14:04, Tim Coote wrote: > Thanks, chaps. Pleased to hear that I'm not mad.  The relationship > between IP addresses and hosts is non-trivial, especially when you > wrap in the MAC address concept. It's also asymmetrical in the sense > that the value seen from 'inside' a hos

[Puppet Users] Re: ipaddress returned by facter

2011-05-31 Thread Tim Coote
Thanks, chaps. Pleased to hear that I'm not mad. The relationship between IP addresses and hosts is non-trivial, especially when you wrap in the MAC address concept. It's also asymmetrical in the sense that the value seen from 'inside' a host may not relate to the value used 'outside'. I've been

Re: [Puppet Users] Re: ipaddress returned by facter

2011-05-31 Thread Daniel Pittman
On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 07:40, jcbollinger wrote: > On May 30, 3:10 pm, Tim Coote wrote: >> Hullo >> I'm running facter 1.5.8 (fedora 13). I'm not very clear about what >> the variable ipaddress is supposed to represent. > > I suggest you read the discussion at > http://groups.google.com/group/pu

[Puppet Users] Re: ipaddress returned by facter

2011-05-31 Thread jcbollinger
On May 30, 3:10 pm, Tim Coote wrote: > Hullo > I'm running facter 1.5.8 (fedora 13). I'm not very clear about what > the variable ipaddress is supposed to represent. I suggest you read the discussion at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users/browse_thread/thread/f278468018b13a32, especial