Mathieu, thank you for the detailed explanation. Automatic editing of /etc/hosts always struck me as a dicey proposition, and I'm glad to hear it got axed.
For those users/admins who do want /etc/hosts to be updated with DHCP info, it may be worthwhile to provide an example of such a dispatcher.d/ script for them to use as a starting point. It's a lot easier to modify a well-documented (if technically unsupported) script to one's needs than to figure out how to write such a script from scratch, and I think bundling one in would soften the blow of the WONTFIX for those who had hoped for an alternate outcome. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/659817 Title: NetworkManage does not set domain in /etc/hosts on DHCP connections Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Bug description: Binary package hint: network-manager When NetworkManager start a DHCP connection it sets IP and hostname in /etc/hosts, but it does not include the FQHN. Without the FQHN in /etc/hosts Kerberos and AD integration with windbind do not work. Example: After setting up a DHCP connection NetworkManager adds this line on to of /etc/hosts 161.42.184.214 wkjpvtest # Added by NetworkManager For Kerberos and winbind to work correctly, the line should be: 161.42.184.214 wkjpvtest.ads.krz.uni-heidelberg.de wkjpvtest # Added by NetworkManager The following short NetworkManager hook, solves the problem for me now: #!/bin/sh -e # Dirty hack to set the FQHN in /etc/hosts for DHCP connections managed # by NetworkManager, install it in /etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/ HOST=`hostname` DOMAIN=`grep domain /etc/resolv.conf | cut -d' ' -f2` # first check if the domainname is already set if ! grep -q "$HOST.$DOMAIN" /etc/hosts ; then # if not, correct /etc/hosts to include the FQHN sed -e s/"$HOST.*# Added by NetworkManager.*"/"$HOST.$DOMAIN &"/ /etc/hosts > /tmp/hosts.new mv -f /tmp/hosts.new /etc/hosts fi ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 Package: network-manager 0.8.1+git.20100810t184654.ab580f4-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.34-generic 2.6.35.4 Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic x86_64 Architecture: amd64 CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Date: Wed Oct 13 12:12:00 2010 Gconf: IfupdownConfig: auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007) IpRoute: 161.42.184.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 161.42.184.214 metric 1 169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0 scope link metric 1000 default via 161.42.184.1 dev eth0 proto static IwConfig: lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. Keyfiles: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory ProcEnviron: LANG=de_DE.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash RfKill: SourcePackage: network-manager ftp_proxy: http://kjp-install:[email protected]:8080 http_proxy: http://kjp-install:[email protected]:8080 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/659817/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
