105814 – changing the hostname can make the system unusable

Bug 105814 - changing the hostname can make the system unusable

Summary: changing the hostname can make the system unusable

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Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias:	None
Product:	Red Hat Linux Beta
Classification:	Retired
Component:	redhat-config-network
Sub Component:
Version:	beta2
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Priority:	medium
Severity:	medium
Target Milestone:	---
Assignee:	Harald Hoyer
QA Contact:	David Lawrence
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Blocks:
TreeView+	depends on / blocked

Reported:	2003-09-28 01:06 UTC by Santiago Erquicia
Modified:	2007-04-18 16:57 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users
Fixed In Version:	1.3.26-1
Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Last Closed:	2005-09-16 12:47:43 UTC
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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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