On Sat, 9 Nov 2002, Dieter Kroemer wrote: > Hallo, > > > Also, I'll bet that you don't have the workstation listed > > in your /etc/hosts file. > > Can somebody explain, why it works with some workstaions only, if they are > listed in /etc/hosts, with other workstations the entry is _not_ necessary.
I don't think it is workstation based, I think it is certain versions of certain services need to be able to map an IP address to a hostname. For instance, older versions of NFS in Redhat, like from 7.1 and older seemed to always need to be able to map the address to a name. But, for newer versions of NFS, it doesn't seem necessary. And, for some versions of GDM, it is required, but not all versions. I haven't really nailed down exactly when it is necessary. So, I just always make sure that the server can map an ip address to a hostname. And, it really doesn't matter whether you use /etc/hosts or if you use DNS (named). I always tell people to use /etc/hosts, because I really don't want to get involved in trying to help people get their reverses setup properly in dns. Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net
