Hi On Sun, Jul 30, 2006 at 12:10:14PM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > Hi, > > On 2006-07-30 09:48:19 +0200, Ola Lundqvist wrote: > > > Of course, the real problem is related to pump (it updates > > > /etc/resolv.conf, but not /etc/hosts -- I should probably > > > use a wrapper). > > > > The reason for that is that as far as I know, no software should > > update the /etc/hosts file (maybe). I do not know. > > This wouldn't solve all the problems anyway: the connection with the > current VNC viewer would freeze as soon as the IP address changes, > even though /etc/hosts were updated. Even though the VNC server says > that the display is <hostname>:1, this doesn't mean that one should > connect to <hostname>. If one knows that the connection is local, > one should connect to the loopback interface (which is the default > when the hostname isn't given to the VNC viewer). > Yes, that is true.
> Now, perhaps that if the IP address associated to the Ethernet > interface can change (e.g. because the machine is a laptop that > moves from network to network), the hostname should resolve to > 127.0.0.1, to avoid problems with software that would force a > connection to <hostname>. That is a local configuration thing. On my system (installed as default I think) I have the hostname resolved to 127.0.0.1. However if you are on a remote system and connect to the one that change the ip, you will have it frozen. Reconnecting to the correct (new) ip would help though. This is what you can expect from any tcp/udp/ip based network services. Regards, // Ola > -- > Vincent Lefèvre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.org/> > 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <http://www.vinc17.org/blog/> > Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / SPACES project at LORIA > -- --- Ola Lundqvist systemkonsult --- M Sc in IT Engineering ---- / [EMAIL PROTECTED] Annebergsslingan 37 \ | [EMAIL PROTECTED] 654 65 KARLSTAD | | http://www.opal.dhs.org Mobile: +46 (0)70-332 1551 | \ gpg/f.p.: 7090 A92B 18FE 7994 0C36 4FE4 18A1 B1CF 0FE5 3DD9 / --------------------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
