Re: [Condor-users] IP resolution problem: /etc/hosts contains 127.0.1.1

[Kurt De Grave <Kurt.DeGrave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Son, Sonny wrote:
> > 127.0.1.1       hostname.domainname. Hostname
>
> Is "hostname.domainname" the same machine as the machine that has this
> line in /etc/hosts?

Yes.

> If not, this line seems to be an error. 127.0.0.0/8 is reserved for
> local host communication. IP routing routine will choose loopback as the
> outgoing interface. So, we may not reach the collector...

It may be an error in some sense, but it seems to be the default 
configuration in recent Debian and Ubuntu versions.

And indeed, the collector does not report any contact from these 
machines in its logs.


kurt.