[New: openFATE 308824] Drop appending 127.0.0.2 line to /etc/hosts (incl. related configuration options)
Feature added by: Katarina Machalkova (kmachalkova) Feature #308824, revision 1 Title: Drop appending 127.0.0.2 line to /etc/hosts (incl. related configuration options) openSUSE-11.3: New Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Katarina Machalkova (kmachalkova) Description: For years, SUSE-based products have been appending '127.0.0.2 host.domain host' to /etc/hosts as a convenience for applications which want to resolve the hostname and which thus become irresponsive without active network [1] Localhost IP associated with FQDN however causes various network services (samba, SLP, LDAP, ntp, ... ) to behave oddly [2]. An option in product-wide control files has been introduced so as not to append 127.0.0.2 on server-oriented products (SLES) - FaTE#303875, while keeping user the possibility to override the default in GUI and AutoYaST profile. Nevertheless, even reasonably set default doesn't prevent misconfigurations and user complaints [3] The suggestion is therefore to drop 127.0.0.2 modification of /etc/hosts altogether and drop GUI/control options associated with configuration thereof. These include: * GUI option in YaST installer * XML profile elements in AutoYaST * Variable in product-wide control file (control.xml) * Possibly also sysconfig variable Appending 127.0.0.2 line has always been sort of workaround for flawed (mostly) desktop applications and DNS servers, so rather than providing workaround with plethora of side effects, it'd more reasonable to have affected apps fixed. Bugs have been filed against some of them and fixed already. References: [1] Apps become slow when offline bugs https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=304632 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=383336 [2] Network services going insane with localhost IP associated with FQDN https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=207392 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=355608 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=570108 [3] Even reasonably set default doesn't help https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=510228 -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308824
Feature changed by: Ludwig Nussel (lnussel) Feature #308824, revision 2 Title: Drop appending 127.0.0.2 line to /etc/hosts (incl. related configuration options) openSUSE-11.3: New Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Katarina Machalkova (kmachalkova) + Requested by: Ludwig Nussel (lnussel) Description: For years, SUSE-based products have been appending '127.0.0.2 host. domain host' to /etc/hosts as a convenience for applications which want to resolve the hostname and which thus become irresponsive without active network [1] Localhost IP associated with FQDN however causes various network services (samba, SLP, LDAP, ntp, ... ) to behave oddly [2]. An option in product-wide control files has been introduced so as not to append 127.0.0.2 on server-oriented products (SLES) - FaTE#303875, while keeping user the possibility to override the default in GUI and AutoYaST profile. Nevertheless, even reasonably set default doesn't prevent misconfigurations and user complaints [3] The suggestion is therefore to drop 127.0.0.2 modification of /etc/hosts altogether and drop GUI/control options associated with configuration thereof. These include: * GUI option in YaST installer * XML profile elements in AutoYaST * Variable in product-wide control file (control.xml) * Possibly also sysconfig variable Appending 127.0.0.2 line has always been sort of workaround for flawed (mostly) desktop applications and DNS servers, so rather than providing workaround with plethora of side effects, it'd more reasonable to have affected apps fixed. Bugs have been filed against some of them and fixed already. References: [1] Apps become slow when offline bugs https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=304632 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=383336 [2] Network services going insane with localhost IP associated with FQDN https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=207392 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=355608 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=570108 [3] Even reasonably set default doesn't help https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=510228 -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308824
Feature changed by: Andreas Jaeger (a_jaeger) Feature #308824, revision 4 Title: Drop appending 127.0.0.2 line to /etc/hosts (incl. related configuration options) - openSUSE-11.3: New + openSUSE-11.3: Evaluation Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Katarina Machalkova (kmachalkova) Requested by: Ludwig Nussel (lnussel) Description: For years, SUSE-based products have been appending '127.0.0.2 host. domain host' to /etc/hosts as a convenience for applications which want to resolve the hostname and which thus become irresponsive without active network [1] Localhost IP associated with FQDN however causes various network services (samba, SLP, LDAP, ntp, ... ) to behave oddly [2]. An option in product-wide control files has been introduced so as not to append 127.0.0.2 on server-oriented products (SLES) - FaTE#303875, while keeping user the possibility to override the default in GUI and AutoYaST profile. Nevertheless, even reasonably set default doesn't prevent misconfigurations and user complaints [3] The suggestion is therefore to drop 127.0.0.2 modification of /etc/hosts altogether and drop GUI/control options associated with configuration thereof. These include: * GUI option in YaST installer * XML profile elements in AutoYaST * Variable in product-wide control file (control.xml) * Possibly also sysconfig variable Appending 127.0.0.2 line has always been sort of workaround for flawed (mostly) desktop applications and DNS servers, so rather than providing workaround with plethora of side effects, it'd more reasonable to have affected apps fixed. Bugs have been filed against some of them and fixed already. References: [1] Apps become slow when offline bugs https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=304632 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=383336 [2] Network services going insane with localhost IP associated with FQDN https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=207392 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=355608 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=570108 [3] Even reasonably set default doesn't help https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=510228 -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308824
Feature changed by: H. Hansen (cyberbeat) Feature #308824, revision 5 Title: Drop appending 127.0.0.2 line to /etc/hosts (incl. related configuration options) openSUSE-11.3: Evaluation Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Katarina Machalkova (kmachalkova) Requested by: Ludwig Nussel (lnussel) Description: For years, SUSE-based products have been appending '127.0.0.2 host. domain host' to /etc/hosts as a convenience for applications which want to resolve the hostname and which thus become irresponsive without active network [1] Localhost IP associated with FQDN however causes various network services (samba, SLP, LDAP, ntp, ... ) to behave oddly [2]. An option in product-wide control files has been introduced so as not to append 127.0.0.2 on server-oriented products (SLES) - FaTE#303875, while keeping user the possibility to override the default in GUI and AutoYaST profile. Nevertheless, even reasonably set default doesn't prevent misconfigurations and user complaints [3] The suggestion is therefore to drop 127.0.0.2 modification of /etc/hosts altogether and drop GUI/control options associated with configuration thereof. These include: * GUI option in YaST installer * XML profile elements in AutoYaST * Variable in product-wide control file (control.xml) * Possibly also sysconfig variable Appending 127.0.0.2 line has always been sort of workaround for flawed (mostly) desktop applications and DNS servers, so rather than providing workaround with plethora of side effects, it'd more reasonable to have affected apps fixed. Bugs have been filed against some of them and fixed already. References: [1] Apps become slow when offline bugs https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=304632 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=383336 [2] Network services going insane with localhost IP associated with FQDN https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=207392 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=355608 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=570108 [3] Even reasonably set default doesn't help https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=510228 + Discussion: + #1: H. Hansen (cyberbeat) (2010-03-07 23:27:08) + I also often had trouble with java rmi because of this. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308824
Feature changed by: Matthias Eckermann (mge1512) Feature #308824, revision 6 Title: Drop appending 127.0.0.2 line to /etc/hosts (incl. related configuration options) openSUSE-11.3: Evaluation Priority Requester: Important + Info Provider: (Novell) Requested by: Katarina Machalkova (kmachalkova) Requested by: Ludwig Nussel (lnussel) Description: For years, SUSE-based products have been appending '127.0.0.2 host. domain host' to /etc/hosts as a convenience for applications which want to resolve the hostname and which thus become irresponsive without active network [1] Localhost IP associated with FQDN however causes various network services (samba, SLP, LDAP, ntp, ... ) to behave oddly [2]. An option in product-wide control files has been introduced so as not to append 127.0.0.2 on server-oriented products (SLES) - FaTE#303875, while keeping user the possibility to override the default in GUI and AutoYaST profile. Nevertheless, even reasonably set default doesn't prevent misconfigurations and user complaints [3] The suggestion is therefore to drop 127.0.0.2 modification of /etc/hosts altogether and drop GUI/control options associated with configuration thereof. These include: * GUI option in YaST installer * XML profile elements in AutoYaST * Variable in product-wide control file (control.xml) * Possibly also sysconfig variable Appending 127.0.0.2 line has always been sort of workaround for flawed (mostly) desktop applications and DNS servers, so rather than providing workaround with plethora of side effects, it'd more reasonable to have affected apps fixed. Bugs have been filed against some of them and fixed already. References: [1] Apps become slow when offline bugs https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=304632 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=383336 [2] Network services going insane with localhost IP associated with FQDN https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=207392 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=355608 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=570108 [3] Even reasonably set default doesn't help https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=510228 Discussion: #1: H. Hansen (cyberbeat) (2010-03-07 23:27:08) I also often had trouble with java rmi because of this. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308824
Feature changed by: Matthias Eckermann (mge1512) Feature #308824, revision 7 Title: Drop appending 127.0.0.2 line to /etc/hosts (incl. related configuration options) - openSUSE-11.3: Evaluation + openSUSE-11.3: Rejected by (mge1512) + reject date: 2010-09-07 17:04:55 + reject reason: 11.3 is done. Priority Requester: Important + openSUSE-11.4: Evaluation + Priority + Requester: Neutral Info Provider: (Novell) Requested by: Katarina Machalkova (kmachalkova) Requested by: Ludwig Nussel (lnussel) Description: For years, SUSE-based products have been appending '127.0.0.2 host. domain host' to /etc/hosts as a convenience for applications which want to resolve the hostname and which thus become irresponsive without active network [1] Localhost IP associated with FQDN however causes various network services (samba, SLP, LDAP, ntp, ... ) to behave oddly [2]. An option in product-wide control files has been introduced so as not to append 127.0.0.2 on server-oriented products (SLES) - FaTE#303875, while keeping user the possibility to override the default in GUI and AutoYaST profile. Nevertheless, even reasonably set default doesn't prevent misconfigurations and user complaints [3] The suggestion is therefore to drop 127.0.0.2 modification of /etc/hosts altogether and drop GUI/control options associated with configuration thereof. These include: * GUI option in YaST installer * XML profile elements in AutoYaST * Variable in product-wide control file (control.xml) * Possibly also sysconfig variable Appending 127.0.0.2 line has always been sort of workaround for flawed (mostly) desktop applications and DNS servers, so rather than providing workaround with plethora of side effects, it'd more reasonable to have affected apps fixed. Bugs have been filed against some of them and fixed already. References: [1] Apps become slow when offline bugs https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=304632 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=383336 [2] Network services going insane with localhost IP associated with FQDN https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=207392 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=355608 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=570108 [3] Even reasonably set default doesn't help https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=510228 Discussion: #1: H. Hansen (cyberbeat) (2010-03-07 23:27:08) I also often had trouble with java rmi because of this. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308824
Feature changed by: Thorsten Kukuk (kukuk) Feature #308824, revision 9 Title: Drop appending 127.0.0.2 line to /etc/hosts (incl. related configuration options) openSUSE-11.3: Rejected by (mge1512) reject date: 2010-09-07 17:04:55 reject reason: 11.3 is done. Priority Requester: Important openSUSE-11.4: Evaluation Priority Requester: Neutral - Info Provider: (Novell) Requested by: Katarina Machalkova (kmachalkova) Requested by: Ludwig Nussel (lnussel) Description: For years, SUSE-based products have been appending '127.0.0.2 host. domain host' to /etc/hosts as a convenience for applications which want to resolve the hostname and which thus become irresponsive without active network [1] Localhost IP associated with FQDN however causes various network services (samba, SLP, LDAP, ntp, ... ) to behave oddly [2]. An option in product-wide control files has been introduced so as not to append 127.0.0.2 on server-oriented products (SLES) - FaTE#303875, while keeping user the possibility to override the default in GUI and AutoYaST profile. Nevertheless, even reasonably set default doesn't prevent misconfigurations and user complaints [3] The suggestion is therefore to drop 127.0.0.2 modification of /etc/hosts altogether and drop GUI/control options associated with configuration thereof. These include: * GUI option in YaST installer * XML profile elements in AutoYaST * Variable in product-wide control file (control.xml) * Possibly also sysconfig variable Appending 127.0.0.2 line has always been sort of workaround for flawed (mostly) desktop applications and DNS servers, so rather than providing workaround with plethora of side effects, it'd more reasonable to have affected apps fixed. Bugs have been filed against some of them and fixed already. References: [1] Apps become slow when offline bugs https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=304632 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=383336 [2] Network services going insane with localhost IP associated with FQDN https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=207392 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=355608 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=570108 [3] Even reasonably set default doesn't help https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=510228 Discussion: #1: H. Hansen (cyberbeat) (2010-03-07 23:27:08) I also often had trouble with java rmi because of this. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308824
Feature changed by: Katarina Machalkova (kmachalkova) Feature #308824, revision 11 Title: Drop appending 127.0.0.2 line to /etc/hosts (incl. related configuration options) openSUSE-11.3: Rejected by (mge1512) reject date: 2010-09-07 17:04:55 reject reason: 11.3 is done. Priority Requester: Important openSUSE-11.4: Evaluation Priority Requester: Neutral Requested by: Katarina Machalkova (kmachalkova) Requested by: Ludwig Nussel (lnussel) Description: For years, SUSE-based products have been appending '127.0.0.2 host. domain host' to /etc/hosts as a convenience for applications which want to resolve the hostname and which thus become irresponsive without active network [1] Localhost IP associated with FQDN however causes various network services (samba, SLP, LDAP, ntp, ... ) to behave oddly [2]. An option in product-wide control files has been introduced so as not to append 127.0.0.2 on server-oriented products (SLES) - FaTE#303875, while keeping user the possibility to override the default in GUI and AutoYaST profile. Nevertheless, even reasonably set default doesn't prevent misconfigurations and user complaints [3] The suggestion is therefore to drop 127.0.0.2 modification of /etc/hosts altogether and drop GUI/control options associated with configuration thereof. These include: * GUI option in YaST installer * XML profile elements in AutoYaST * Variable in product-wide control file (control.xml) * Possibly also sysconfig variable Appending 127.0.0.2 line has always been sort of workaround for flawed (mostly) desktop applications and DNS servers, so rather than providing workaround with plethora of side effects, it'd more reasonable to have affected apps fixed. Bugs have been filed against some of them and fixed already. References: [1] Apps become slow when offline bugs https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=304632 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=383336 [2] Network services going insane with localhost IP associated with FQDN https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=207392 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=355608 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=570108 [3] Even reasonably set default doesn't help https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=510228 + [4] Related discussion on topic on research@suse.de + http://fourier.suse.de/mlarch/SuSE/research/2010/research.2010.01 + /msg00044.html Discussion: #1: H. Hansen (cyberbeat) (2010-03-07 23:27:08) I also often had trouble with java rmi because of this. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308824
Feature changed by: Ludwig Nussel (lnussel) Feature #308824, revision 13 Title: Drop appending 127.0.0.2 line to /etc/hosts (incl. related configuration options) - openSUSE-11.3: Rejected by (mge1512) + openSUSE-11.3: Rejected by Matthias Eckermann (mge1512) reject date: 2010-09-07 17:04:55 reject reason: 11.3 is done. Priority Requester: Important openSUSE-11.4: Evaluation by product manager Priority Requester: Neutral + openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed + Priority + Requester: Mandatory Requested by: Katarina Machalkova (kmachalkova) Requested by: Ludwig Nussel (lnussel) Product Manager: (Novell) Product Manager: (Novell) Technical Contact: (Novell) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: For years, SUSE-based products have been appending '127.0.0.2 host. domain host' to /etc/hosts as a convenience for applications which want to resolve the hostname and which thus become irresponsive without active network [1] Localhost IP associated with FQDN however causes various network services (samba, SLP, LDAP, ntp, ... ) to behave oddly [2]. An option in product-wide control files has been introduced so as not to append 127.0.0.2 on server-oriented products (SLES) - FaTE#303875, while keeping user the possibility to override the default in GUI and AutoYaST profile. Nevertheless, even reasonably set default doesn't prevent misconfigurations and user complaints [3] The suggestion is therefore to drop 127.0.0.2 modification of /etc/hosts altogether and drop GUI/control options associated with configuration thereof. These include: * GUI option in YaST installer * XML profile elements in AutoYaST * Variable in product-wide control file (control.xml) * Possibly also sysconfig variable Appending 127.0.0.2 line has always been sort of workaround for flawed (mostly) desktop applications and DNS servers, so rather than providing workaround with plethora of side effects, it'd more reasonable to have affected apps fixed. Bugs have been filed against some of them and fixed already. References: [1] Apps become slow when offline bugs https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=304632 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=383336 [2] Network services going insane with localhost IP associated with FQDN https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=207392 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=355608 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=570108 [3] Even reasonably set default doesn't help https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=510228 [4] Related discussion on topic on research@suse.de http://fourier.suse.de/mlarch/SuSE/research/2010/research.2010.01 /msg00044.html Discussion: #1: H. Hansen (cyberbeat) (2010-03-07 23:27:08) I also often had trouble with java rmi because of this. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308824
Feature changed by: Marius Tomaschewski (mtomaschewski) Feature #308824, revision 15 Title: Drop appending 127.0.0.2 line to /etc/hosts (incl. related configuration options) openSUSE-11.3: Rejected by Matthias Eckermann (mge1512) reject date: 2010-09-07 17:04:55 reject reason: 11.3 is done. Priority Requester: Important openSUSE-11.4: Evaluation by product manager Priority Requester: Neutral openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Mandatory Requested by: Katarina Machalkova (kmachalkova) Requested by: Ludwig Nussel (lnussel) Product Manager: (Novell) Product Manager: (Novell) Technical Contact: (Novell) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: For years, SUSE-based products have been appending '127.0.0.2 host. domain host' to /etc/hosts as a convenience for applications which want to resolve the hostname and which thus become irresponsive without active network [1] Localhost IP associated with FQDN however causes various network services (samba, SLP, LDAP, ntp, ... ) to behave oddly [2]. An option in product-wide control files has been introduced so as not to append 127.0.0.2 on server-oriented products (SLES) - FaTE#303875, while keeping user the possibility to override the default in GUI and AutoYaST profile. Nevertheless, even reasonably set default doesn't prevent misconfigurations and user complaints [3] The suggestion is therefore to drop 127.0.0.2 modification of /etc/hosts altogether and drop GUI/control options associated with configuration thereof. These include: * GUI option in YaST installer * XML profile elements in AutoYaST * Variable in product-wide control file (control.xml) * Possibly also sysconfig variable Appending 127.0.0.2 line has always been sort of workaround for flawed (mostly) desktop applications and DNS servers, so rather than providing workaround with plethora of side effects, it'd more reasonable to have affected apps fixed. Bugs have been filed against some of them and fixed already. References: [1] Apps become slow when offline bugs https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=304632 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=383336 [2] Network services going insane with localhost IP associated with FQDN https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=207392 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=355608 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=570108 [3] Even reasonably set default doesn't help https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=510228 [4] Related discussion on topic on research@suse.de http://fourier.suse.de/mlarch/SuSE/research/2010/research.2010.01 /msg00044.html Discussion: #1: H. Hansen (cyberbeat) (2010-03-07 23:27:08) I also often had trouble with java rmi because of this. + #9: Marius Tomaschewski (mtomaschewski) (2011-05-20 22:52:13) + Changed WRITE_HOSTNAME_TO_HOSTS to "no" (thanks for the patch Ludwig) + in http://gitorious.org/opensuse/sysconfig/commit/9beeb884d295eb101175b11591a54... -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308824
Feature changed by: Marius Tomaschewski (mtomaschewski) Feature #308824, revision 16 Title: Drop appending 127.0.0.2 line to /etc/hosts (incl. related configuration options) openSUSE-11.3: Rejected by Matthias Eckermann (mge1512) reject date: 2010-09-07 17:04:55 reject reason: 11.3 is done. Priority Requester: Important openSUSE-11.4: Evaluation by product manager Priority Requester: Neutral openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Mandatory Requested by: Katarina Machalkova (kmachalkova) Requested by: Ludwig Nussel (lnussel) Product Manager: (Novell) Product Manager: (Novell) Technical Contact: (Novell) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: For years, SUSE-based products have been appending '127.0.0.2 host. domain host' to /etc/hosts as a convenience for applications which want to resolve the hostname and which thus become irresponsive without active network [1] Localhost IP associated with FQDN however causes various network services (samba, SLP, LDAP, ntp, ... ) to behave oddly [2]. An option in product-wide control files has been introduced so as not to append 127.0.0.2 on server-oriented products (SLES) - FaTE#303875, while keeping user the possibility to override the default in GUI and AutoYaST profile. Nevertheless, even reasonably set default doesn't prevent misconfigurations and user complaints [3] The suggestion is therefore to drop 127.0.0.2 modification of /etc/hosts altogether and drop GUI/control options associated with configuration thereof. These include: * GUI option in YaST installer * XML profile elements in AutoYaST * Variable in product-wide control file (control.xml) * Possibly also sysconfig variable Appending 127.0.0.2 line has always been sort of workaround for flawed (mostly) desktop applications and DNS servers, so rather than providing workaround with plethora of side effects, it'd more reasonable to have affected apps fixed. Bugs have been filed against some of them and fixed already. References: [1] Apps become slow when offline bugs https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=304632 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=383336 [2] Network services going insane with localhost IP associated with FQDN https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=207392 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=355608 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=570108 [3] Even reasonably set default doesn't help https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=510228 [4] Related discussion on topic on research@suse.de http://fourier.suse.de/mlarch/SuSE/research/2010/research.2010.01 /msg00044.html Discussion: #1: H. Hansen (cyberbeat) (2010-03-07 23:27:08) I also often had trouble with java rmi because of this. #9: Marius Tomaschewski (mtomaschewski) (2011-05-20 22:52:13) Changed WRITE_HOSTNAME_TO_HOSTS to "no" (thanks for the patch Ludwig) in http://gitorious.org/opensuse/sysconfig/commit/9beeb884d295eb101175b11591a54... + #10: Marius Tomaschewski (mtomaschewski) (2011-05-20 22:57:13) + Removed also the corresponding 127.0.0.2 address from ifcfg-lo: + http://gitorious.org/opensuse/sysconfig/commit/ffc50234f05b556c0050f9dcd3ce5... -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308824
Feature changed by: Andreas Jaeger (a_jaeger) Feature #308824, revision 17 Title: Drop appending 127.0.0.2 line to /etc/hosts (incl. related configuration options) openSUSE-11.3: Rejected by Matthias Eckermann (mge1512) reject date: 2010-09-07 17:04:55 reject reason: 11.3 is done. Priority Requester: Important - openSUSE-11.4: Evaluation by product manager + openSUSE Distribution: Evaluation by project manager Priority - Requester: Neutral - openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed - Priority Requester: Mandatory Requested by: Katarina Machalkova (kmachalkova) Requested by: Ludwig Nussel (lnussel) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: For years, SUSE-based products have been appending '127.0.0.2 host. domain host' to /etc/hosts as a convenience for applications which want to resolve the hostname and which thus become irresponsive without active network [1] Localhost IP associated with FQDN however causes various network services (samba, SLP, LDAP, ntp, ... ) to behave oddly [2]. An option in product-wide control files has been introduced so as not to append 127.0.0.2 on server-oriented products (SLES) - FaTE#303875, while keeping user the possibility to override the default in GUI and AutoYaST profile. Nevertheless, even reasonably set default doesn't prevent misconfigurations and user complaints [3] The suggestion is therefore to drop 127.0.0.2 modification of /etc/hosts altogether and drop GUI/control options associated with configuration thereof. These include: * GUI option in YaST installer * XML profile elements in AutoYaST * Variable in product-wide control file (control.xml) * Possibly also sysconfig variable Appending 127.0.0.2 line has always been sort of workaround for flawed (mostly) desktop applications and DNS servers, so rather than providing workaround with plethora of side effects, it'd more reasonable to have affected apps fixed. Bugs have been filed against some of them and fixed already. References: [1] Apps become slow when offline bugs https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=304632 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=383336 [2] Network services going insane with localhost IP associated with FQDN https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=207392 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=355608 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=570108 [3] Even reasonably set default doesn't help https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=510228 [4] Related discussion on topic on research@suse.de http://fourier.suse.de/mlarch/SuSE/research/2010/research.2010.01 /msg00044.html Discussion: #1: H. Hansen (cyberbeat) (2010-03-07 23:27:08) I also often had trouble with java rmi because of this. #9: Marius Tomaschewski (mtomaschewski) (2011-05-20 22:52:13) Changed WRITE_HOSTNAME_TO_HOSTS to "no" (thanks for the patch Ludwig) in http://gitorious.org/opensuse/sysconfig/commit/9beeb884d295eb101175b11591a54... #10: Marius Tomaschewski (mtomaschewski) (2011-05-20 22:57:13) Removed also the corresponding 127.0.0.2 address from ifcfg-lo: http://gitorious.org/opensuse/sysconfig/commit/ffc50234f05b556c0050f9dcd3ce5... -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308824
Feature changed by: Carlos Robinson (robin_listas) Feature #308824, revision 18 Title: Drop appending 127.0.0.2 line to /etc/hosts (incl. related configuration options) openSUSE-11.3: Rejected by Matthias Eckermann (mge1512) reject date: 2010-09-07 17:04:55 reject reason: 11.3 is done. Priority Requester: Important openSUSE Distribution: Evaluation by project manager Priority Requester: Mandatory Requested by: Katarina Machalkova (kmachalkova) Requested by: Ludwig Nussel (lnussel) Product Manager: Federico Lucifredi (flucifredi) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: For years, SUSE-based products have been appending '127.0.0.2 host. domain host' to /etc/hosts as a convenience for applications which want to resolve the hostname and which thus become irresponsive without active network [1] Localhost IP associated with FQDN however causes various network services (samba, SLP, LDAP, ntp, ... ) to behave oddly [2]. An option in product-wide control files has been introduced so as not to append 127.0.0.2 on server-oriented products (SLES) - FaTE#303875, while keeping user the possibility to override the default in GUI and AutoYaST profile. Nevertheless, even reasonably set default doesn't prevent misconfigurations and user complaints [3] The suggestion is therefore to drop 127.0.0.2 modification of /etc/hosts altogether and drop GUI/control options associated with configuration thereof. These include: * GUI option in YaST installer * XML profile elements in AutoYaST * Variable in product-wide control file (control.xml) * Possibly also sysconfig variable Appending 127.0.0.2 line has always been sort of workaround for flawed (mostly) desktop applications and DNS servers, so rather than providing workaround with plethora of side effects, it'd more reasonable to have affected apps fixed. Bugs have been filed against some of them and fixed already. References: [1] Apps become slow when offline bugs https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=304632 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=383336 [2] Network services going insane with localhost IP associated with FQDN https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=207392 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=355608 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=570108 [3] Even reasonably set default doesn't help https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=510228 [4] Related discussion on topic on research@suse.de http://fourier.suse.de/mlarch/SuSE/research/2010/research.2010.01 /msg00044.html Discussion: #1: H. Hansen (cyberbeat) (2010-03-07 23:27:08) I also often had trouble with java rmi because of this. #9: Marius Tomaschewski (mtomaschewski) (2011-05-20 22:52:13) Changed WRITE_HOSTNAME_TO_HOSTS to "no" (thanks for the patch Ludwig) in http://gitorious.org/opensuse/sysconfig/commit/9beeb884d295eb101175b11591a54... #10: Marius Tomaschewski (mtomaschewski) (2011-05-20 22:57:13) Removed also the corresponding 127.0.0.2 address from ifcfg-lo: http://gitorious.org/opensuse/sysconfig/commit/ffc50234f05b556c0050f9dcd3ce5... + #11: Carlos Robinson (robin_listas) (2013-06-10 14:58:36) + Why has this been rejected? 11.3 may be done, but 12.3 is not and has + this problem -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308824
Feature changed by: Carlos Robinson (robin_listas) Feature #308824, revision 19 Title: Drop appending 127.0.0.2 line to /etc/hosts (incl. related configuration options) - openSUSE-11.3: Rejected by Matthias Eckermann (mge1512) - reject date: 2010-09-07 17:04:55 - reject reason: 11.3 is done. - Priority - Requester: Important openSUSE Distribution: Evaluation by project manager Priority Requester: Mandatory Requested by: Katarina Machalkova (kmachalkova) Requested by: Ludwig Nussel (lnussel) Product Manager: Federico Lucifredi (flucifredi) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: For years, SUSE-based products have been appending '127.0.0.2 host. domain host' to /etc/hosts as a convenience for applications which want to resolve the hostname and which thus become irresponsive without active network [1] Localhost IP associated with FQDN however causes various network services (samba, SLP, LDAP, ntp, ... ) to behave oddly [2]. An option in product-wide control files has been introduced so as not to append 127.0.0.2 on server-oriented products (SLES) - FaTE#303875, while keeping user the possibility to override the default in GUI and AutoYaST profile. Nevertheless, even reasonably set default doesn't prevent misconfigurations and user complaints [3] The suggestion is therefore to drop 127.0.0.2 modification of /etc/hosts altogether and drop GUI/control options associated with configuration thereof. These include: * GUI option in YaST installer * XML profile elements in AutoYaST * Variable in product-wide control file (control.xml) * Possibly also sysconfig variable Appending 127.0.0.2 line has always been sort of workaround for flawed (mostly) desktop applications and DNS servers, so rather than providing workaround with plethora of side effects, it'd more reasonable to have affected apps fixed. Bugs have been filed against some of them and fixed already. References: [1] Apps become slow when offline bugs https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=304632 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=383336 [2] Network services going insane with localhost IP associated with FQDN https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=207392 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=355608 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=570108 [3] Even reasonably set default doesn't help https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=510228 [4] Related discussion on topic on research@suse.de http://fourier.suse.de/mlarch/SuSE/research/2010/research.2010.01 /msg00044.html Discussion: #1: H. Hansen (cyberbeat) (2010-03-07 23:27:08) I also often had trouble with java rmi because of this. #9: Marius Tomaschewski (mtomaschewski) (2011-05-20 22:52:13) Changed WRITE_HOSTNAME_TO_HOSTS to "no" (thanks for the patch Ludwig) in http://gitorious.org/opensuse/sysconfig/commit/9beeb884d295eb101175b11591a54... #10: Marius Tomaschewski (mtomaschewski) (2011-05-20 22:57:13) Removed also the corresponding 127.0.0.2 address from ifcfg-lo: http://gitorious.org/opensuse/sysconfig/commit/ffc50234f05b556c0050f9dcd3ce5... #11: Carlos Robinson (robin_listas) (2013-06-10 14:58:36) Why has this been rejected? 11.3 may be done, but 12.3 is not and has this problem -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308824
Feature changed by: Carlos Robinson (robin_listas) Feature #308824, revision 20 Title: Drop appending 127.0.0.2 line to /etc/hosts (incl. related configuration options) - openSUSE Distribution: Evaluation by project manager + openSUSE Distribution: New Priority Requester: Mandatory Requested by: Katarina Machalkova (kmachalkova) Requested by: Ludwig Nussel (lnussel) Product Manager: Federico Lucifredi (flucifredi) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: For years, SUSE-based products have been appending '127.0.0.2 host. domain host' to /etc/hosts as a convenience for applications which want to resolve the hostname and which thus become irresponsive without active network [1] Localhost IP associated with FQDN however causes various network services (samba, SLP, LDAP, ntp, ... ) to behave oddly [2]. An option in product-wide control files has been introduced so as not to append 127.0.0.2 on server-oriented products (SLES) - FaTE#303875, while keeping user the possibility to override the default in GUI and AutoYaST profile. Nevertheless, even reasonably set default doesn't prevent misconfigurations and user complaints [3] The suggestion is therefore to drop 127.0.0.2 modification of /etc/hosts altogether and drop GUI/control options associated with configuration thereof. These include: * GUI option in YaST installer * XML profile elements in AutoYaST * Variable in product-wide control file (control.xml) * Possibly also sysconfig variable Appending 127.0.0.2 line has always been sort of workaround for flawed (mostly) desktop applications and DNS servers, so rather than providing workaround with plethora of side effects, it'd more reasonable to have affected apps fixed. Bugs have been filed against some of them and fixed already. References: [1] Apps become slow when offline bugs https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=304632 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=383336 [2] Network services going insane with localhost IP associated with FQDN https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=207392 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=355608 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=570108 [3] Even reasonably set default doesn't help https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=510228 [4] Related discussion on topic on research@suse.de http://fourier.suse.de/mlarch/SuSE/research/2010/research.2010.01 /msg00044.html Discussion: #1: H. Hansen (cyberbeat) (2010-03-07 23:27:08) I also often had trouble with java rmi because of this. #9: Marius Tomaschewski (mtomaschewski) (2011-05-20 22:52:13) Changed WRITE_HOSTNAME_TO_HOSTS to "no" (thanks for the patch Ludwig) in http://gitorious.org/opensuse/sysconfig/commit/9beeb884d295eb101175b11591a54... #10: Marius Tomaschewski (mtomaschewski) (2011-05-20 22:57:13) Removed also the corresponding 127.0.0.2 address from ifcfg-lo: http://gitorious.org/opensuse/sysconfig/commit/ffc50234f05b556c0050f9dcd3ce5... #11: Carlos Robinson (robin_listas) (2013-06-10 14:58:36) Why has this been rejected? 11.3 may be done, but 12.3 is not and has this problem -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308824
Feature changed by: Carlos Robinson (robin_listas)
Feature #308824, revision 21
Title: Drop appending 127.0.0.2 line to /etc/hosts (incl. related
configuration options)
openSUSE Distribution: New
Priority
Requester: Mandatory
Requested by: Katarina Machalkova (kmachalkova)
Requested by: Ludwig Nussel (lnussel)
Product Manager: Federico Lucifredi (flucifredi)
Partner organization: openSUSE.org
Description:
For years, SUSE-based products have been appending '127.0.0.2 host.
domain host' to /etc/hosts as a convenience for applications which want
to resolve the hostname and which thus become irresponsive without
active network [1]
Localhost IP associated with FQDN however causes various network
services (samba, SLP, LDAP, ntp, ... ) to behave oddly [2]. An option
in product-wide control files has been introduced so as not to append
127.0.0.2 on server-oriented products (SLES) - FaTE#303875, while
keeping user the possibility to override the default in GUI and
AutoYaST profile. Nevertheless, even reasonably set default doesn't
prevent misconfigurations and user complaints [3]
The suggestion is therefore to drop 127.0.0.2 modification of
/etc/hosts altogether and drop GUI/control options associated with
configuration thereof. These include:
* GUI option in YaST installer
* XML profile elements in AutoYaST
* Variable in product-wide control file (control.xml)
* Possibly also sysconfig variable
Appending 127.0.0.2 line has always been sort of workaround for flawed
(mostly) desktop applications and DNS servers, so rather than providing
workaround with plethora of side effects, it'd more reasonable to have
affected apps fixed. Bugs have been filed against some of them and
fixed already.
References:
[1] Apps become slow when offline bugs
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=304632
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=383336
[2] Network services going insane with localhost IP associated with
FQDN
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=207392
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=355608 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=570108
[3] Even reasonably set default doesn't help
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=510228
[4] Related discussion on topic on research@suse.de
http://fourier.suse.de/mlarch/SuSE/research/2010/research.2010.01
/msg00044.html
Discussion:
#1: H. Hansen (cyberbeat) (2010-03-07 23:27:08)
I also often had trouble with java rmi because of this.
#9: Marius Tomaschewski (mtomaschewski) (2011-05-20 22:52:13)
Changed WRITE_HOSTNAME_TO_HOSTS to "no" (thanks for the patch Ludwig)
in http://gitorious.org/opensuse/sysconfig/commit/9beeb884d295eb101175b11591a54...
#10: Marius Tomaschewski (mtomaschewski) (2011-05-20 22:57:13)
Removed also the corresponding 127.0.0.2 address from ifcfg-lo:
http://gitorious.org/opensuse/sysconfig/commit/ffc50234f05b556c0050f9dcd3ce5...
#11: Carlos Robinson (robin_listas) (2013-06-10 14:58:36)
Why has this been rejected? 11.3 may be done, but 12.3 is not and has
this problem
+ #12: Carlos Robinson (robin_listas) (2013-06-12 19:41:45)
+ Some people say that it is postfix fault. This is the answer from the
+ postfix people: +++···································· Date: Wed, 12
+ Jun 2013 12:36:55 -0400 (EDT) Reply-To: Postfix users
Feature changed by: Carlos Robinson (robin_listas)
Feature #308824, revision 22
Title: Drop appending 127.0.0.2 line to /etc/hosts (incl. related
configuration options)
openSUSE Distribution: New
Priority
Requester: Mandatory
Requested by: Katarina Machalkova (kmachalkova)
Requested by: Ludwig Nussel (lnussel)
Product Manager: Federico Lucifredi (flucifredi)
Partner organization: openSUSE.org
Description:
For years, SUSE-based products have been appending '127.0.0.2 host.
domain host' to /etc/hosts as a convenience for applications which want
to resolve the hostname and which thus become irresponsive without
active network [1]
Localhost IP associated with FQDN however causes various network
services (samba, SLP, LDAP, ntp, ... ) to behave oddly [2]. An option
in product-wide control files has been introduced so as not to append
127.0.0.2 on server-oriented products (SLES) - FaTE#303875, while
keeping user the possibility to override the default in GUI and
AutoYaST profile. Nevertheless, even reasonably set default doesn't
prevent misconfigurations and user complaints [3]
The suggestion is therefore to drop 127.0.0.2 modification of
/etc/hosts altogether and drop GUI/control options associated with
configuration thereof. These include:
* GUI option in YaST installer
* XML profile elements in AutoYaST
* Variable in product-wide control file (control.xml)
* Possibly also sysconfig variable
Appending 127.0.0.2 line has always been sort of workaround for flawed
(mostly) desktop applications and DNS servers, so rather than providing
workaround with plethora of side effects, it'd more reasonable to have
affected apps fixed. Bugs have been filed against some of them and
fixed already.
References:
[1] Apps become slow when offline bugs
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=304632
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=383336
[2] Network services going insane with localhost IP associated with
FQDN
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=207392
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=355608 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=570108
[3] Even reasonably set default doesn't help
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=510228
[4] Related discussion on topic on research@suse.de
http://fourier.suse.de/mlarch/SuSE/research/2010/research.2010.01
/msg00044.html
Discussion:
#1: H. Hansen (cyberbeat) (2010-03-07 23:27:08)
I also often had trouble with java rmi because of this.
#9: Marius Tomaschewski (mtomaschewski) (2011-05-20 22:52:13)
Changed WRITE_HOSTNAME_TO_HOSTS to "no" (thanks for the patch Ludwig)
in http://gitorious.org/opensuse/sysconfig/commit/9beeb884d295eb101175b11591a54...
#10: Marius Tomaschewski (mtomaschewski) (2011-05-20 22:57:13)
Removed also the corresponding 127.0.0.2 address from ifcfg-lo:
http://gitorious.org/opensuse/sysconfig/commit/ffc50234f05b556c0050f9dcd3ce5...
#11: Carlos Robinson (robin_listas) (2013-06-10 14:58:36)
Why has this been rejected? 11.3 may be done, but 12.3 is not and has
this problem
#12: Carlos Robinson (robin_listas) (2013-06-12 19:41:45)
Some people say that it is postfix fault. This is the answer from the
postfix people: +++···································· Date: Wed, 12
Jun 2013 12:36:55 -0400 (EDT) Reply-To: Postfix users
Feature changed by: Carlos Robinson (robin_listas)
Feature #308824, revision 23
Title: Drop appending 127.0.0.2 line to /etc/hosts (incl. related
configuration options)
openSUSE Distribution: New
Priority
Requester: Mandatory
Requested by: Katarina Machalkova (kmachalkova)
Requested by: Ludwig Nussel (lnussel)
Product Manager: Federico Lucifredi (flucifredi)
Partner organization: openSUSE.org
Description:
For years, SUSE-based products have been appending '127.0.0.2 host.
domain host' to /etc/hosts as a convenience for applications which want
to resolve the hostname and which thus become irresponsive without
active network [1]
Localhost IP associated with FQDN however causes various network
services (samba, SLP, LDAP, ntp, ... ) to behave oddly [2]. An option
in product-wide control files has been introduced so as not to append
127.0.0.2 on server-oriented products (SLES) - FaTE#303875, while
keeping user the possibility to override the default in GUI and
AutoYaST profile. Nevertheless, even reasonably set default doesn't
prevent misconfigurations and user complaints [3]
The suggestion is therefore to drop 127.0.0.2 modification of
/etc/hosts altogether and drop GUI/control options associated with
configuration thereof. These include:
* GUI option in YaST installer
* XML profile elements in AutoYaST
* Variable in product-wide control file (control.xml)
* Possibly also sysconfig variable
Appending 127.0.0.2 line has always been sort of workaround for flawed
(mostly) desktop applications and DNS servers, so rather than providing
workaround with plethora of side effects, it'd more reasonable to have
affected apps fixed. Bugs have been filed against some of them and
fixed already.
References:
[1] Apps become slow when offline bugs
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=304632
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=383336
[2] Network services going insane with localhost IP associated with
FQDN
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=207392
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=355608 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=570108
[3] Even reasonably set default doesn't help
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=510228
[4] Related discussion on topic on research@suse.de
http://fourier.suse.de/mlarch/SuSE/research/2010/research.2010.01
/msg00044.html
Discussion:
#1: H. Hansen (cyberbeat) (2010-03-07 23:27:08)
I also often had trouble with java rmi because of this.
#9: Marius Tomaschewski (mtomaschewski) (2011-05-20 22:52:13)
Changed WRITE_HOSTNAME_TO_HOSTS to "no" (thanks for the patch Ludwig)
in http://gitorious.org/opensuse/sysconfig/commit/9beeb884d295eb101175b11591a54...
#10: Marius Tomaschewski (mtomaschewski) (2011-05-20 22:57:13)
Removed also the corresponding 127.0.0.2 address from ifcfg-lo:
http://gitorious.org/opensuse/sysconfig/commit/ffc50234f05b556c0050f9dcd3ce5...
#11: Carlos Robinson (robin_listas) (2013-06-10 14:58:36)
Why has this been rejected? 11.3 may be done, but 12.3 is not and has
this problem
#12: Carlos Robinson (robin_listas) (2013-06-12 19:41:45)
Some people say that it is postfix fault. This is the answer from the
postfix people: +++···································· Date: Wed, 12
Jun 2013 12:36:55 -0400 (EDT) Reply-To: Postfix users
Feature changed by: Carlos Robinson (robin_listas)
Feature #308824, revision 24
Title: Drop appending 127.0.0.2 line to /etc/hosts (incl. related
configuration options)
openSUSE Distribution: New
Priority
Requester: Mandatory
Requested by: Katarina Machalkova (kmachalkova)
Requested by: Ludwig Nussel (lnussel)
Product Manager: Federico Lucifredi (flucifredi)
Partner organization: openSUSE.org
Description:
For years, SUSE-based products have been appending '127.0.0.2 host.
domain host' to /etc/hosts as a convenience for applications which want
to resolve the hostname and which thus become irresponsive without
active network [1]
Localhost IP associated with FQDN however causes various network
services (samba, SLP, LDAP, ntp, ... ) to behave oddly [2]. An option
in product-wide control files has been introduced so as not to append
127.0.0.2 on server-oriented products (SLES) - FaTE#303875, while
keeping user the possibility to override the default in GUI and
AutoYaST profile. Nevertheless, even reasonably set default doesn't
prevent misconfigurations and user complaints [3]
The suggestion is therefore to drop 127.0.0.2 modification of
/etc/hosts altogether and drop GUI/control options associated with
configuration thereof. These include:
* GUI option in YaST installer
* XML profile elements in AutoYaST
* Variable in product-wide control file (control.xml)
* Possibly also sysconfig variable
Appending 127.0.0.2 line has always been sort of workaround for flawed
(mostly) desktop applications and DNS servers, so rather than providing
workaround with plethora of side effects, it'd more reasonable to have
affected apps fixed. Bugs have been filed against some of them and
fixed already.
References:
[1] Apps become slow when offline bugs
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=304632
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=383336
[2] Network services going insane with localhost IP associated with
FQDN
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=207392
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=355608 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=570108
[3] Even reasonably set default doesn't help
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=510228
[4] Related discussion on topic on research@suse.de
http://fourier.suse.de/mlarch/SuSE/research/2010/research.2010.01
/msg00044.html
Discussion:
#1: H. Hansen (cyberbeat) (2010-03-07 23:27:08)
I also often had trouble with java rmi because of this.
#9: Marius Tomaschewski (mtomaschewski) (2011-05-20 22:52:13)
Changed WRITE_HOSTNAME_TO_HOSTS to "no" (thanks for the patch Ludwig)
in http://gitorious.org/opensuse/sysconfig/commit/9beeb884d295eb101175b11591a54...
#10: Marius Tomaschewski (mtomaschewski) (2011-05-20 22:57:13)
Removed also the corresponding 127.0.0.2 address from ifcfg-lo:
http://gitorious.org/opensuse/sysconfig/commit/ffc50234f05b556c0050f9dcd3ce5...
#11: Carlos Robinson (robin_listas) (2013-06-10 14:58:36)
Why has this been rejected? 11.3 may be done, but 12.3 is not and has
this problem
#12: Carlos Robinson (robin_listas) (2013-06-12 19:41:45)
Some people say that it is postfix fault. This is the answer from the
postfix people: +++···································· Date: Wed, 12
Jun 2013 12:36:55 -0400 (EDT) Reply-To: Postfix users
Feature changed by: Ludwig Nussel (lnussel)
Feature #308824, revision 25
Title: Drop appending 127.0.0.2 line to /etc/hosts (incl. related
configuration options)
openSUSE Distribution: New
Priority
Requester: Mandatory
Requested by: Katarina Machalkova (kmachalkova)
Requested by: Ludwig Nussel (lnussel)
Product Manager: Federico Lucifredi (flucifredi)
Partner organization: openSUSE.org
Description:
For years, SUSE-based products have been appending '127.0.0.2 host.
domain host' to /etc/hosts as a convenience for applications which want
to resolve the hostname and which thus become irresponsive without
active network [1]
Localhost IP associated with FQDN however causes various network
services (samba, SLP, LDAP, ntp, ... ) to behave oddly [2]. An option
in product-wide control files has been introduced so as not to append
127.0.0.2 on server-oriented products (SLES) - FaTE#303875, while
keeping user the possibility to override the default in GUI and
AutoYaST profile. Nevertheless, even reasonably set default doesn't
prevent misconfigurations and user complaints [3]
The suggestion is therefore to drop 127.0.0.2 modification of
/etc/hosts altogether and drop GUI/control options associated with
configuration thereof. These include:
* GUI option in YaST installer
* XML profile elements in AutoYaST
* Variable in product-wide control file (control.xml)
* Possibly also sysconfig variable
Appending 127.0.0.2 line has always been sort of workaround for flawed
(mostly) desktop applications and DNS servers, so rather than providing
workaround with plethora of side effects, it'd more reasonable to have
affected apps fixed. Bugs have been filed against some of them and
fixed already.
References:
[1] Apps become slow when offline bugs
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=304632
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=383336
[2] Network services going insane with localhost IP associated with
FQDN
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=207392
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=355608 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=570108
[3] Even reasonably set default doesn't help
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=510228
[4] Related discussion on topic on research@suse.de
http://fourier.suse.de/mlarch/SuSE/research/2010/research.2010.01
/msg00044.html
Discussion:
#1: H. Hansen (cyberbeat) (2010-03-07 23:27:08)
I also often had trouble with java rmi because of this.
#9: Marius Tomaschewski (mtomaschewski) (2011-05-20 22:52:13)
Changed WRITE_HOSTNAME_TO_HOSTS to "no" (thanks for the patch Ludwig)
in http://gitorious.org/opensuse/sysconfig/commit/9beeb884d295eb101175b11591a54...
#10: Marius Tomaschewski (mtomaschewski) (2011-05-20 22:57:13)
Removed also the corresponding 127.0.0.2 address from ifcfg-lo:
http://gitorious.org/opensuse/sysconfig/commit/ffc50234f05b556c0050f9dcd3ce5...
#11: Carlos Robinson (robin_listas) (2013-06-10 14:58:36)
Why has this been rejected? 11.3 may be done, but 12.3 is not and has
this problem
#12: Carlos Robinson (robin_listas) (2013-06-12 19:41:45)
Some people say that it is postfix fault. This is the answer from the
postfix people: +++···································· Date: Wed, 12
Jun 2013 12:36:55 -0400 (EDT) Reply-To: Postfix users
Feature changed by: Ludwig Nussel (lnussel)
Feature #308824, revision 26
Title: Drop appending 127.0.0.2 line to /etc/hosts (incl. related
configuration options)
- openSUSE Distribution: New
+ openSUSE Distribution: Done
Priority
Requester: Mandatory
Requested by: Katarina Machalkova (kmachalkova)
Requested by: Ludwig Nussel (lnussel)
Product Manager: Federico Lucifredi (flucifredi)
Partner organization: openSUSE.org
Description:
For years, SUSE-based products have been appending '127.0.0.2 host.
domain host' to /etc/hosts as a convenience for applications which want
to resolve the hostname and which thus become irresponsive without
active network [1]
Localhost IP associated with FQDN however causes various network
services (samba, SLP, LDAP, ntp, ... ) to behave oddly [2]. An option
in product-wide control files has been introduced so as not to append
127.0.0.2 on server-oriented products (SLES) - FaTE#303875, while
keeping user the possibility to override the default in GUI and
AutoYaST profile. Nevertheless, even reasonably set default doesn't
prevent misconfigurations and user complaints [3]
The suggestion is therefore to drop 127.0.0.2 modification of
/etc/hosts altogether and drop GUI/control options associated with
configuration thereof. These include:
* GUI option in YaST installer
* XML profile elements in AutoYaST
* Variable in product-wide control file (control.xml)
* Possibly also sysconfig variable
Appending 127.0.0.2 line has always been sort of workaround for flawed
(mostly) desktop applications and DNS servers, so rather than providing
workaround with plethora of side effects, it'd more reasonable to have
affected apps fixed. Bugs have been filed against some of them and
fixed already.
References:
[1] Apps become slow when offline bugs
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=304632
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=383336
[2] Network services going insane with localhost IP associated with
FQDN
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=207392
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=355608 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=570108
[3] Even reasonably set default doesn't help
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=510228
[4] Related discussion on topic on research@suse.de
http://fourier.suse.de/mlarch/SuSE/research/2010/research.2010.01
/msg00044.html
Discussion:
#1: H. Hansen (cyberbeat) (2010-03-07 23:27:08)
I also often had trouble with java rmi because of this.
#9: Marius Tomaschewski (mtomaschewski) (2011-05-20 22:52:13)
Changed WRITE_HOSTNAME_TO_HOSTS to "no" (thanks for the patch Ludwig)
in http://gitorious.org/opensuse/sysconfig/commit/9beeb884d295eb101175b11591a54...
#10: Marius Tomaschewski (mtomaschewski) (2011-05-20 22:57:13)
Removed also the corresponding 127.0.0.2 address from ifcfg-lo:
http://gitorious.org/opensuse/sysconfig/commit/ffc50234f05b556c0050f9dcd3ce5...
#11: Carlos Robinson (robin_listas) (2013-06-10 14:58:36)
Why has this been rejected? 11.3 may be done, but 12.3 is not and has
this problem
#12: Carlos Robinson (robin_listas) (2013-06-12 19:41:45)
Some people say that it is postfix fault. This is the answer from the
postfix people: +++···································· Date: Wed, 12
Jun 2013 12:36:55 -0400 (EDT) Reply-To: Postfix users
Feature changed by: Stefan Behlert (sbehlert)
Feature #308824, revision 27
Title: Drop appending 127.0.0.2 line to /etc/hosts (incl. related
configuration options)
openSUSE Distribution: Done
Priority
Requester: Mandatory
Requested by: Katarina Machalkova (kmachalkova)
Requested by: Ludwig Nussel (lnussel)
- Product Manager: Federico Lucifredi (flucifredi)
Partner organization: openSUSE.org
Description:
For years, SUSE-based products have been appending '127.0.0.2 host.
domain host' to /etc/hosts as a convenience for applications which want
to resolve the hostname and which thus become irresponsive without
active network [1]
Localhost IP associated with FQDN however causes various network
services (samba, SLP, LDAP, ntp, ... ) to behave oddly [2]. An option
in product-wide control files has been introduced so as not to append
127.0.0.2 on server-oriented products (SLES) - FaTE#303875, while
keeping user the possibility to override the default in GUI and
AutoYaST profile. Nevertheless, even reasonably set default doesn't
prevent misconfigurations and user complaints [3]
The suggestion is therefore to drop 127.0.0.2 modification of
/etc/hosts altogether and drop GUI/control options associated with
configuration thereof. These include:
* GUI option in YaST installer
* XML profile elements in AutoYaST
* Variable in product-wide control file (control.xml)
* Possibly also sysconfig variable
Appending 127.0.0.2 line has always been sort of workaround for flawed
(mostly) desktop applications and DNS servers, so rather than providing
workaround with plethora of side effects, it'd more reasonable to have
affected apps fixed. Bugs have been filed against some of them and
fixed already.
References:
[1] Apps become slow when offline bugs
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=304632
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=383336
[2] Network services going insane with localhost IP associated with
FQDN
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=207392
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=355608 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=570108
[3] Even reasonably set default doesn't help
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=510228
[4] Related discussion on topic on research@suse.de
http://fourier.suse.de/mlarch/SuSE/research/2010/research.2010.01
/msg00044.html
Discussion:
#1: H. Hansen (cyberbeat) (2010-03-07 23:27:08)
I also often had trouble with java rmi because of this.
#9: Marius Tomaschewski (mtomaschewski) (2011-05-20 22:52:13)
Changed WRITE_HOSTNAME_TO_HOSTS to "no" (thanks for the patch Ludwig)
in http://gitorious.org/opensuse/sysconfig/commit/9beeb884d295eb101175b11591a54...
#10: Marius Tomaschewski (mtomaschewski) (2011-05-20 22:57:13)
Removed also the corresponding 127.0.0.2 address from ifcfg-lo:
http://gitorious.org/opensuse/sysconfig/commit/ffc50234f05b556c0050f9dcd3ce5...
#11: Carlos Robinson (robin_listas) (2013-06-10 14:58:36)
Why has this been rejected? 11.3 may be done, but 12.3 is not and has
this problem
#12: Carlos Robinson (robin_listas) (2013-06-12 19:41:45)
Some people say that it is postfix fault. This is the answer from the
postfix people: +++···································· Date: Wed, 12
Jun 2013 12:36:55 -0400 (EDT) Reply-To: Postfix users
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