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List:       opensuse-autoinstall
Subject:    Re: [suse-autoinstall] multiple ethernet interfaces causes duplicate host records in the /etc/hosts
From:       Martin Vidner <mvidner () suse ! cz>
Date:       2005-04-22 8:14:54
Message-ID: 20050422081430.GB32172 () valkyrie ! suse ! cz
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On Thu, Apr 21, 2005 at 03:45:04PM -0700, deet wrote:
>       <dns>
>         <domain>atl.company.com</domain>
>         <hostname>app01</hostname>
>         <nameservers config:type="list">
>         <nameserver>172.17.9.25</nameserver>
>         </nameservers>
>         <searchlist config:type="list">
>           <search>atl.company.com</search>
>         </searchlist>
>       </dns>
> <interfaces config:type="list">
>         <interface>
>           <bootproto>static</bootproto>
>           <device>eth0</device>
>  <startmode>onboot</startmode>
>          <broadcast>172.17.177.255</broadcast>
>          <netmask>255.255.255.0</netmask>
>           <ipaddr>172.17.177.54</ipaddr>
>         </interface>
>         <interface>
>           <bootproto>static</bootproto>
>           <device>eth1</device>
>           <startmode>onboot</startmode>
>          <broadcast>10.170.3.255</broadcast>
>          <netmask>255.255.255.0</netmask>
>           <ipaddr>10.170.3.21</ipaddr>
>         </interface>
>       </interfaces>
> 
>    The resulting hosts file has these 2 entries.
> 10.170.3.21     app01.atl.company.com
> 172.17.177.54   app01.atl.company.com app01
> 
>   The question is.  Why is the line "10.170.3.21    
> app01.atl.company.com" being added  to the /etc/hosts file?   If I
> cannot stop this from occuring can I at least control the name that
> gets associated with the 2nd interface so I might end up with
> 10.170.3.21     eth1-app01.atl.company.com

Having a global name that is applied to all interfaces is a
"feature" of the current setup. It is not specific to
autoinstallation.  I plan to fix it in the next release. You can use
a post script to edit the host file.

-- 
Martin Vidner, YaST developer
SuSE CR, s.r.o.					e-mail: mvidner@suse.cz
Drahobejlova 27					tel:+420-296542373
190 00 Praha 9, Czech Republic			http://www.suse.cz

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