Fair enough. What happens when it is handed a new IP address, or does RedHat put all the names as 127.0.0.1? Most of the distros I've run have either updated /etc/hosts or stuck all the names/aliases as 127.0.0.1 (which seems like the logical thing to do). I apologize. This is probably the way things have gone, which is good. Although my /etc/hosts file in COL STILL bears the following header: #------------------------------------------------------------ # # /etc/hosts file, automatically generated by DHCP boot # script -- do not edit. # #------------------------------------------------------------
Are you using dhcpcd or dhclient. I am using dhclient on COL, and dhcpcd on MDK. Mandrake doesn't include a header, but it maintains the hostname as it's current IP address. This is updated by the "dhcp subsystem" although probably not by the actual program running the dhcp client. On Mon, 15 Jul 2002 14:44:38 -0400 (EDT) "Net Llama!" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Redhat. Even if just 1 distro doesn't folllow the rule, that > automatically means its not law. > > On Mon, 15 Jul 2002, Matthew Carpenter wrote: > > > What distro(s)? > > > > On Mon, 15 Jul 2002 13:27:44 -0400 (EDT) > > "Net Llama!" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > DHCP doesn't touch /etc/hosts in any way shape or > > > form on any of the 15+ boxes that i'm responsible for. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Linux-users mailing list - > > http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the > > above URL. > > > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Lonni J Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Linux Step-by-step & TyGeMo http://netllama.ipfox.com > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list - > http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the > above URL. _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
