Re: Debian /etc/hosts Behavior

2004-04-19 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, Apr 18, 2004 at 10:35:22PM -0700, Marc Wilson wrote: On Sun, Apr 18, 2004 at 11:22:36PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: The installer does indeed create that line. In recent daily builds, we've changed things around to the more sane: 127.0.0.1 localhost hostname Hm...

Re: Debian /etc/hosts Behavior

2004-04-18 Thread Marc Wilson
On Sat, Apr 17, 2004 at 10:32:29AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- 127.0.0.1 kas localhost --- This realized, it was a quick fix: --- 127.0.0.1 localhost --- If this entry prevents hostname -f and hostname -d from working, why does Debian create it? Debian doesn't, on

Re: Debian /etc/hosts Behavior

2004-04-18 Thread Ken Irving
On Sun, Apr 18, 2004 at 09:33:11AM -0700, Marc Wilson wrote: On Sat, Apr 17, 2004 at 10:32:29AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- 127.0.0.1 kas localhost --- This realized, it was a quick fix: --- 127.0.0.1 localhost --- If this entry prevents hostname -f and hostname

Re: Debian /etc/hosts Behavior

2004-04-18 Thread ms419
Hmm ... I am also running unstable; a fresh install. Fresh as fresh can be! I assumed that the installer had created this line - it asks for the hostname when configuring the network - but I'd have to do another installation to be sure. Jack On Apr 18, 2004, at 11:47 AM, Ken Irving wrote: On

Re: Debian /etc/hosts Behavior

2004-04-18 Thread Joey Hess
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hmm ... I am also running unstable; a fresh install. Fresh as fresh can be! I assumed that the installer had created this line - it asks for the hostname when configuring the network - but I'd have to do another installation to be sure. The installer does indeed

Re: Debian /etc/hosts Behavior

2004-04-18 Thread Marc Wilson
On Sun, Apr 18, 2004 at 11:22:36PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: The installer does indeed create that line. In recent daily builds, we've changed things around to the more sane: 127.0.0.1 localhost hostname Hm... someone's assuming that d-i rather than the more normal boot-floppies is

FIXED: Debian /etc/hosts Behavior

2004-04-18 Thread ms419
Thanks Jo! That should save me future problems. Jack On Apr 18, 2004, at 8:22 PM, Joey Hess wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hmm ... I am also running unstable; a fresh install. Fresh as fresh can be! I assumed that the installer had created this line - it asks for the hostname when configuring

Debian /etc/hosts Behavior

2004-04-17 Thread ms419
I just spent a painful couple of days trying to figure out why Kerberos authentication was broken. DNS checked out, but it turns out hostname -f was only returning the short hostname, due to the following entry in /etc/hosts: --- 127.0.0.1 kas localhost --- This realized, it was a quick fix: