[Bug 729091] [NEW] 0.8.1+git.20100810t184654.ab580f4-0ubuntu2.1 breaks my /etc/hosts by attaching hostname to localhost
Max Bowsher
Binary package hint: network-manager
0.8.1+git.20100810t184654.ab580f4-0ubuntu2.1 breaks my /etc/hosts by
attaching my local host's hostname to localhost
It is my understanding that a machine's local host name should NOT be
associated with the 127.0.0.1 or ::1 IP addresses, but rather some other
address that the machine holds. The 127.0.0.1 / ::1 IP addresses should
be identified as localhost / localhost6.
The recent maverick-proposed network manager has led to my machine's
/etc/hosts being broken by NM, by introducing the short hostname of the
machine as the first entry against 127.0.0.1 and ::1 -
127.0.0.1 altimeter localhost.localdomain localhost
::1 altimeter localhost6.localdomain6 localhost6 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
192.168.2.180 altimeter.mxtelecom.com altimeter
Technical correctness aside, this caused my previously functioning Exim installation to start rejecting mail, because its determination of the machine's primary_hostname switched from "altimeter.mxtelecom.com" to "altimeter".
** Affects: network-manager (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: regression-proposed
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Title:
0.8.1+git.20100810t184654.ab580f4-0ubuntu2.1 breaks my /etc/hosts by
attaching hostname to localhost
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