Bug 83148 – Conf.BadFile: Malformed /etc/hosts file

Bug 83148 - Conf.BadFile: Malformed /etc/hosts file

Summary:	Conf.BadFile: Malformed /etc/hosts file

Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	redhat-config-network (Show other bugs)
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Version:	8.0
Hardware:	i686 Linux

Priority	medium Severity medium
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Assigned To:	Harald Hoyer
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Reported:	2003-01-30 13:51 EST by James Jackson
Modified:	2007-04-18 12:50 EDT (History)
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Last Closed:	2003-03-25 05:57:31 EST
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Description James Jackson 2003-01-30 13:51:41 EST

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User-Agent: Mozilla/4.79 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.18-19.7.x i686; Nav)

Description of problem:
Traceback (innermost last):
  File "/usr/sbin/neat", line 1398, in ?
    window = mainDialog()
  File "/usr/sbin/neat", line 222, in __init__
    self.load()
  File "/usr/sbin/neat", line 243, in load
    self.loadProfiles()
  File "/usr/sbin/neat", line 256, in loadProfiles
    profilelist = getProfileList()
  File "/usr/sbin/../share/redhat-config-network/netconfpkg/NCProfileList.py", l
ine 393, in getProfileList
    PFList.load()
  File "/usr/sbin/../share/redhat-config-network/netconfpkg/NCProfileList.py", l
ine 44, in load
    hoconf = Conf.ConfEHosts()
  File "/usr/sbin/../share/redhat-config-network/netconfpkg/Conf.py", line 429,
in __init__
    Conf.__init__(self, '/etc/hosts')
  File "/usr/sbin/../share/redhat-config-network/netconfpkg/Conf.py", line 180,
in __init__
    self.read()
  File "/usr/sbin/../share/redhat-config-network/netconfpkg/Conf.py", line 432,
in read
    self.initvars()
  File "/usr/sbin/../share/redhat-config-network/netconfpkg/Conf.py", line 445,
in initvars
    raise BadFile, 'Malformed /etc/hosts file'
Conf.BadFile: Malformed /etc/hosts file

Local variables in innermost frame:
self: <netconfpkg.Conf.ConfEHosts instance at 8543080>
var: ['170.153.72.160']


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.simply try to run network configuration
2.
3.
    

Actual Results:  Traceback (innermost last):
  File "/usr/sbin/neat", line 1398, in ?
    window = mainDialog()
  File "/usr/sbin/neat", line 222, in __init__
    self.load()
  File "/usr/sbin/neat", line 243, in load
    self.loadProfiles()
  File "/usr/sbin/neat", line 256, in loadProfiles
    profilelist = getProfileList()
  File "/usr/sbin/../share/redhat-config-network/netconfpkg/NCProfileList.py", l
ine 393, in getProfileList
    PFList.load()
  File "/usr/sbin/../share/redhat-config-network/netconfpkg/NCProfileList.py", l
ine 44, in load
    hoconf = Conf.ConfEHosts()
  File "/usr/sbin/../share/redhat-config-network/netconfpkg/Conf.py", line 429,
in __init__
    Conf.__init__(self, '/etc/hosts')
  File "/usr/sbin/../share/redhat-config-network/netconfpkg/Conf.py", line 180,
in __init__
    self.read()
  File "/usr/sbin/../share/redhat-config-network/netconfpkg/Conf.py", line 432,
in read
    self.initvars()
  File "/usr/sbin/../share/redhat-config-network/netconfpkg/Conf.py", line 445,
in initvars
    raise BadFile, 'Malformed /etc/hosts file'
Conf.BadFile: Malformed /etc/hosts file

Local variables in innermost frame:
self: <netconfpkg.Conf.ConfEHosts instance at 8543080>
var: ['170.153.72.160']


Expected Results:  network configuration panel for kde/gnome should appear

Additional info:

Comment 1 Harald Hoyer 2003-03-24 11:03:50 EST

please check your /etc/hosts file and if you do not find the curious entry,
attach it here.
I know, I know, it should not crash and this is fixed in recent versions

Comment 2 Harald Hoyer 2003-03-25 05:57:31 EST

fixed in CVS and RHL 9

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