Re: /etc/hosts in debian resets itself on reboot
Tom H <tomh0665@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 4:21 AM, Jochen Schulz <ml@well-adjusted.de> wrote:
>>>
>>> I've been having a problem where when our vps provider decides to
>>> restart the server (running Debian 5.0.8), the server fails to
>>> remember changes to /etc/hosts. All I need is an database alias that
>>> is used for the webapps on the server which points to 127.0.0.1
>>> localhost.
>>
>> I don't know what keeps overwriting your file, but I assume it actually
>> just re-writes a single line for localhost. Try adding a new line
>> pointing to "database" like this and see if that persists:
>>
>> 127.0.0.1 database
>
>NM adds a line associating the DHCP-assigned address with the box's
>hostname. The 127.0.0.1 line doesn't change.
It also adds the hostname of the machine read from /etc/hosts to
the ::1 and 127.0.0.1 lines, although that is not a FQDN. I placed a
file /etc/hosts.real and rewrite /etc/hosts on every occasion NM had
reason to tamper with it (startup, connection to a new network,
shutdown etc.).
Best regards,
Claudius
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