[OE-core] [PATCH] netbase: Adding loop back for machine name in hosts file

[sujith h]

Hi,

I will post the new patch with ROOTFS_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND.

Thanks for the feedback.



On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 2:52 PM, Enrico Scholz <
enrico.scholz at sigma-chemnitz.de> wrote:

> Otavio Salvador <otavio-fKevB0iiKLMBZ+LybsDmbA at public.gmane.org> writes:
>
> >>> +     echo 127.0.1.1 "             "${MACHINE} >>
> ${D}${sysconfdir}/hosts
> >>
> >> This is a very questionable setup which causes a lot of harm.  When
> >> really wanted, it should be made optional and not the default.
> >
> > What kind of harm you see?
>
> e.g. in sshd_config
>
> | ListenAddress <hostname>
>
>
> When Fedora had such a setup, I had a lot of trouble with KRB5ized
> NFS4. See [1] for examples. Generally, external and internal DNS should
> be consistent.
>
> Beside this... afaik ${MACHINE} can contain '_' and '.' which are either
> forbidden ('_') or have special meanings in DNS.
>
>
> Enrico
>
> Footnotes:
> [1]  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=648725
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Thanks,

Sujith H

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