On Mon, 15 Jul 2002, Matthew Carpenter wrote: > 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.
I use pump. Perhaps dhcpcd and dhclient maintain things in /etc/hosts, but pump does not, and never has. > > > > 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. > -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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.
