Hmm, but NM has always been putting the machine's hostname as the first
entry in 127.0.0.1 and ::1, so there isn't really any difference from
before.
** Changed in: network-manager (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Incomplete
** Description changed:
Binary package hint: network-manager
-
- 0.8.1+git.20100810t184654.ab580f4-0ubuntu2.1 breaks my /etc/hosts by
- attaching my local host's hostname to localhost
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+ Related SRU bug is bug 659872.
+ ---
+ 0.8.1+git.20100810t184654.ab580f4-0ubuntu2.1 breaks my /etc/hosts by
attaching my local host's hostname to localhost
It is my understanding that a machine's local host name should NOT be
associated with the 127.0.0.1 or ::1 IP addresses, but rather some other
address that the machine holds. The 127.0.0.1 / ::1 IP addresses should
be identified as localhost / localhost6.
The recent maverick-proposed network manager has led to my machine's
/etc/hosts being broken by NM, by introducing the short hostname of the
machine as the first entry against 127.0.0.1 and ::1 -
127.0.0.1 altimeter localhost.localdomain localhost
::1 altimeter localhost6.localdomain6 localhost6 ip6-localhost
ip6-loopback
192.168.2.180 altimeter.mxtelecom.com altimeter
-
- Technical correctness aside, this caused my previously functioning Exim
installation to start rejecting mail, because its determination of the
machine's primary_hostname switched from "altimeter.mxtelecom.com" to
"altimeter".
+ Technical correctness aside, this caused my previously functioning Exim
+ installation to start rejecting mail, because its determination of the
+ machine's primary_hostname switched from "altimeter.mxtelecom.com" to
+ "altimeter".
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Title:
0.8.1+git.20100810t184654.ab580f4-0ubuntu2.1 breaks my /etc/hosts by
attaching hostname to localhost
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