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.
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> 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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