Bug 668830
| Summary: | NetworkManager adds hostname to /etc/hosts pointing to localhost | ||
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| Product: | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Reporter: | Colin.Simpson |
| Component: | NetworkManager | Assignee: | Dan Williams <dcbw> |
| Status: | CLOSED ERRATA | QA Contact: | desktop-bugs <desktop-bugs> |
| Severity: | high | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | low | ||
| Version: | 6.0 | CC: | csieh, jklimes, jkoten, mhusnain, tomek |
| Target Milestone: | rc | ||
| Target Release: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | All | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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| Fixed In Version: | NetworkManager-0.8.1-7.el6 | Doc Type: | Bug Fix |
| Doc Text: |
NetworkManager used to update /etc/hosts file, which could cause problems in some configurations. This is now fixed and NetworkManager does not modify /etc/hosts, leaving it for the administrator to set up.
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| Clone Of: | Environment: | ||
| Last Closed: | 2011-05-19 14:25:09 UTC | Type: | --- |
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- |
| Documentation: | --- | CRM: | |
| Verified Versions: | Category: | --- | |
| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
| Cloudforms Team: | --- | Target Upstream Version: | |
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Description
Colin.Simpson
2011-01-11 18:14:04 UTC
Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
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New Contents:
NetworkManager would insert warning messages in the location /var/log/messages due to the hostname operation. This is now fixed to ensure no unnecessary warnings display during the hostname operation.
This note is not exact. I suggest a correction.
Technical note updated. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
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-NetworkManager would insert warning messages in the location /var/log/messages due to the hostname operation. This is now fixed to ensure no unnecessary warnings display during the hostname operation.+NetworkManager used to update /etc/hosts file, which could cause problems in some configurations. This is now fixed and NetworkManager doesn't touch /etc/hosts, leaving it for the administrator to set it up properly.
Technical note updated. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.
Diffed Contents:
@@ -1 +1 @@
-NetworkManager used to update /etc/hosts file, which could cause problems in some configurations. This is now fixed and NetworkManager doesn't touch /etc/hosts, leaving it for the administrator to set it up properly.+NetworkManager used to update /etc/hosts file, which could cause problems in some configurations. This is now fixed and NetworkManager does not modify /etc/hosts, leaving it for the administrator to set up.
Thanks for technical corrections, Jirka. I've made some minor changes to your edits. An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2011-0769.html |