Is there an /etc/hosts setup on the server machine? Or is /etc/
nsswitch.conf setup to use LDAP or NIS first, and those are returning
other results? Is the host multi-homed, or is the "hostname" only
known to the server machine, while everyone else thinks of it as
"otherDNS"?
It sounds like a little bit of networking setup on the server machine
could take care of the clients who are directly on the server
machine. For all clients, the expected hostname will be done via a
reverse-lookup on the IP address they're connecting to. So it
shouldn't be too hard to get those clients getting the same IP as one
gets from a lookup on the FQDN.
Charles
On Aug 23, 2007, at 4:36 AM, Francois Hornoy wrote:
Hello,
I have a new DNS-related problem. Is there a documentation with
all the DNS requirements.
I have a server and a client. On both host and container
certificate. I want to stage file between both machines.
The problem is that, on the server, if i create the certificate
with the return of "hostname" as the host FQDN, it fails on the
client side, saying that it's not what it was expected (because
this FQDN -> IP -> otherDNS).
So i created it with the otherDNS as FQDN, but now it fails on the
server side, saying that it's expected the "hostname" FQDN, and not
the otherDNS.
Thus, i'm a bit confused with all this, i would appreciate any
explanations or pointer to documentation. Maybe the "hostname" of
the server should be changed? Or maybe there is a way to make
several host certificates acceptation?
Best regards,
Francois.
