some really basic networking questions

[Net Llama!]

On Mon, 15 Jul 2002, Matthew Carpenter wrote:
> Fair enough.
>
> What happens when it is handed a new IP address, or does RedHat put all
> the names as 127.0.0.1?  Most of the distros I've run have either updated
> /etc/hosts or stuck all the names/aliases as 127.0.0.1 (which seems like
> the logical thing to do).  I apologize.  This is probably the way things
> have gone, which is good.  Although my /etc/hosts file in COL STILL bears
> the following header:
> #------------------------------------------------------------
> #
> # /etc/hosts file, automatically generated by DHCP boot
> # script -- do not edit.
> #
> #------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Are you using dhcpcd or dhclient.  I am using dhclient on COL, and dhcpcd
> on MDK.  Mandrake doesn't include a header, but it maintains the hostname
> as it's current IP address.  This is updated by the "dhcp subsystem"
> although probably not by the actual program running the dhcp client.

I use pump.  Perhaps dhcpcd and dhclient maintain things in /etc/hosts,
but pump does not, and never has.

>
>
>
> On Mon, 15 Jul 2002 14:44:38 -0400 (EDT)
> "Net Llama!" <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:
>
> > Redhat.  Even if just 1 distro doesn't folllow the rule, that
> > automatically means its not law.
> >
> > On Mon, 15 Jul 2002, Matthew Carpenter wrote:
> >
> > > What distro(s)?
> > >
> > > On Mon, 15 Jul 2002 13:27:44 -0400 (EDT)
> > > "Net Llama!" <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > >   DHCP doesn't touch /etc/hosts in any way shape or
> > > > form on any of the 15+ boxes that i'm responsible for.
> > > >
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