On Thu, Jan 04, 2018 at 05:41:40PM -0000, Robie Basak wrote: > On Thu, Jan 04, 2018 at 05:25:54PM -0000, Steve Langasek wrote: > > AIUI lxd is setting /etc/hostname, but is not adding the Ubuntu-standard > > entry (127.0.1.1 hostname.domain hostname) to /etc/hosts; so that should > > be fixed in lxd.
> That's not currently an Ubuntu-standard on clouds, AIUI. cloud-init can > arrange to make it so, but it doesn't by default. System hostname lookup > works on cloud services because their respective infrastructures provide > DNS resolution for instance hostnames. > We could have lxd always ensure the entry in /etc/hosts. That won't > conflict with cloud-init, and will resolve my problem. But what about > Ubuntu on cloud services? Do you think the current behaviour is wrong? Yes. Anywhere that we are setting /etc/hostname, we should also be updating /etc/hosts for 127.0.1.1. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1741277 Title: Not all platforms running cloud-init end up with the system hostname resolveable by default To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/cloud-images/+bug/1741277/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
