On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 7:53 PM, Michael DeHaan <[email protected]> wrote:
> Don Khan wrote: > >> Hello, >> Is it possible for func to work in an environment where the nodes do not >> use DNS. What alternatives are there. Can I just distribute a central hosts >> file as part of a kickstart install. My goal is to use func with cobbler. >> Thanks. >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Func-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/func-list >> > > Hi Don, > > The certmaster infrastructure is pretty well keyed around FQDNs. We use > these for the certnames and we also use these for determining which hosts > Func should contact. I'm guessing it would take a fair amount of work to > make it work with arbitrary names for things or just IP's. > > Do you mean that you don't have DNS, or you just have really unreliable DNS > (like, say, some Active Directories I have known in the past)? > > --Michael > > Hi Michael, I can see the need for FQDNs but could func work with a centrally distributed hosts file with FQDNs. How does the resolver work. What if I set the systems nsswitch.conf file to search files first. Thanks.
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