Re: /etc/hosts in debian resets itself on reboot

2011-06-16 Thread Nico Kadel-Garcia
On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 2:32 AM, Tapas Mishra wrote: > I've been having a problem where when our vps provider decides to > restart the server (running Debian 5.0.8), the server fails to > remember changes to /etc/hosts. All I need is an database alias that > is used for the webapps on the server w

Re: /etc/hosts in debian resets itself on reboot

2011-06-16 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 16 Jun 2011 10:11:51 +0200, Claudius Hubig wrote: > Tapas Mishra wrote: >>Note the word database missing after 127.0.0.1 without the database, and >>I have to manually change the file to get things to work. This has been >>happening for awhile and has become a nuisance, but I can't seem t

Re: /etc/hosts in debian resets itself on reboot

2011-06-16 Thread Claudius Hubig
Tom H wrote: >On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 4:21 AM, Jochen Schulz wrote: >>> >>> I've been having a problem where when our vps provider decides to >>> restart the server (running Debian 5.0.8), the server fails to >>> remember changes to /etc/hosts. All I need is an database alias that >>> is used for

Re: /etc/hosts in debian resets itself on reboot

2011-06-16 Thread Tom H
On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 4:21 AM, Jochen Schulz wrote: >> >> I've been having a problem where when our vps provider decides to >> restart the server (running Debian 5.0.8), the server fails to >> remember changes to /etc/hosts. All I need is an database alias that >> is used for the webapps on the

Re: /etc/hosts in debian resets itself on reboot

2011-06-16 Thread Jochen Schulz
Tapas Mishra: > > I've been having a problem where when our vps provider decides to > restart the server (running Debian 5.0.8), the server fails to > remember changes to /etc/hosts. All I need is an database alias that > is used for the webapps on the server which points to 127.0.0.1 > localhost.

Re: /etc/hosts in debian resets itself on reboot

2011-06-16 Thread Claudius Hubig
Tapas Mishra wrote: >Note the word database missing after 127.0.0.1 >without the database, and I have to manually change the file to get >things to work. This has been happening for awhile and has become a >nuisance, but I can't seem to find a way to get changes to stick. >Anyone know what to do?

/etc/hosts in debian resets itself on reboot

2011-06-15 Thread Tapas Mishra
I've been having a problem where when our vps provider decides to restart the server (running Debian 5.0.8), the server fails to remember changes to /etc/hosts. All I need is an database alias that is used for the webapps on the server which points to 127.0.0.1 localhost. I want it to look like th