[Bug 513033] New: yast2 host "erase" localhosts
http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=513033 Summary: yast2 host "erase" localhosts Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 11.1 Version: Final Platform: Other OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Critical Priority: P5 - None Component: YaST2 AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: andrea@opensuse.org QAContact: jsrain@novell.com Found By: --- Created an attachment (id=297995) --> (http://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=297995) y2logs editing /etc/hosts with yast2 make yast erase localhost infos description: default /etc/hosts file is: anubis@suse-netbook:~> cat /etc/hosts # # hosts This file describes a number of hostname-to-address # mappings for the TCP/IP subsystem. It is mostly # used at boot time, when no name servers are running. # On small systems, this file can be used instead of a # "named" name server. # Syntax: # # IP-Address Full-Qualified-Hostname Short-Hostname # 127.0.0.1 localhost # special IPv6 addresses ::1 localhost ipv6-localhost ipv6-loopback fe00::0 ipv6-localnet ff00::0 ipv6-mcastprefix ff02::1 ipv6-allnodes ff02::2 ipv6-allrouters ff02::3 ipv6-allhosts 127.0.0.2 suse-netbook.site suse-netbook i edit /etc/hosts using yast2 host and i add the name: 81.31.152.94 --> www.qsibrindisi.it than i save. new /etc/hosts is now: anubis@suse-netbook:~> cat /etc/hosts # # hosts This file describes a number of hostname-to-address # mappings for the TCP/IP subsystem. It is mostly # used at boot time, when no name servers are running. # On small systems, this file can be used instead of a # "named" name server. # Syntax: # # IP-Address Full-Qualified-Hostname Short-Hostname # 127.0.0.1 nil # special IPv6 addresses ::1 localhost ipv6-localhost ipv6-loopback fe00::0 nil ff00::0 nil ff02::1 nil ff02::2 nil ff02::3 nil 127.0.0.2 suse-netbook.site suse-netbook 81.31.152.94 www.qsibrindisi.it this is critical most of all because the system lose IPv4 localhost name, and results in problems like no more working cups (if ipv6 is disabled), http://forums.opensuse.org/applications/416308-cups-problems-without-ipv6.ht... ; or troubles with apache and so on... able to reproduce it: always i'm not sure if that is another bug, but if you try to manually edit any of that "nil" names using yast, the first time it complain about: Invalid arguments for the TextEntry widget the second time complain about: no dialog existing than it crash with: suse-netbook:/home/anubis # yast2 host terminate called after throwing an instance of 'YUINoDialogException' what(): No dialog existing YaST got signal 6 at YCP file network/services/host.ycp:148 /sbin/yast2: line 437: 5196 Abortito $ybindir/y2base $module "$@" "$SELECTED_GUI" $Y2_GEOMETRY $Y2UI_ARGS y2logs attached -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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