Bug 105814

Summary: changing the hostname can make the system unusable
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Beta Reporter: Santiago Erquicia <santiago_erquicia>
Component: redhat-config-networkAssignee: Harald Hoyer <harald>
Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE QA Contact: David Lawrence <dkl>
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Fixed In Version: 1.3.26-1 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Description Santiago Erquicia 2003-09-28 01:06:21 UTC
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Description of problem:
If you change the hostname and you do not enter the necesary information in
hosts the system can be almost unusuable

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
redhat-config-network-1.3.6-1

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.change the hostname
2.apply the changes
3.
    

Actual Results:  The change doesn't enter the line:

127.0.0.1 new_host_name localhost.localdomain localhost

in /etc/hosts

Expected Results:  Enter that line in /etc/hosts

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