Bug 246664

Summary:	hostname is set, but cannot be resolved
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Marius Andreiana <marius.andreiana>
Component:	dhcp	Assignee:	David Cantrell <dcantrell>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Description Marius Andreiana 2007-07-03 18:47:52 UTC

Description of problem: I have an xDSL connection defined for an ISP, and eth0
set on DHCP. The ISP will supply a 192.168.x.x IP for eth0 and routable for ppp0
interface.
It will also supply a hostname (e.g. dchpp48) which is set by Linux, but which
has no entry in /etc/hosts. Upon login, Gnome complains it can't resolve current
hostname.

cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ppp0
TYPE=xDSL
DEVICE=ppp0
BOOTPROTO=dialup
USERCTL=yes
IPV6INIT=no
PEERDNS=yes
PIDFILE=/var/run/pppoe-adsl.pid
FIREWALL=NONE
PING=.
PPPOE_TIMEOUT=80
LCP_FAILURE=3
LCP_INTERVAL=20
CLAMPMSS=1412
CONNECT_POLL=6
CONNECT_TIMEOUT=15
PERSIST=no
SYNCHRONOUS=no
DEFROUTE=yes
USER=...
ETH=eth0
PROVIDER=rds
DEMAND=no
ONBOOT=yes

cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
# Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5752 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express
DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
HWADDR=00:18:8B:AF:FE:C6
ONBOOT=yes
TYPE=Ethernet

cat /etc/sysconfig/network
HOSTNAME=localhost
NETWORKING=yes
yesHOSTNAME=localhost.localdomain


Fix: create correct entry in /etc/hosts
Please let me know if other details are needed.

Comment 1 David Cantrell 2007-10-08 18:10:05 UTC

Your /etc/sysconfig/network file is incorrect.  It looks like you were hit with
a bug found in F-7 where 'yes' is written at the beginning of the HOSTNAME=
line.  Remove the 'yes' at the beginning so that file is parsed correctly.

The /etc/hosts file is not modified by dhclient or the ifup/ifdown scripts. 
That file is meant to be edited manually by the admin of the system.

Correct the /etc/sysconfig/network file and you should be fine after that.