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 this: # The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts # (added automatically by netbase upgrade) ::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback fe00::0 ip6-localnet ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix ff02::1 ip6-allnodes ff02::2 ip6-allrouters ff02::3 ip6-allhosts 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost webservice database # Auto-generated hostname. Please do not remove this comment. XXX.XX.XXX.XX xxxxxx.net.au xxxxxx www.xxxxxxx.net.au xxxxxxx Note the word database at the end of above 127.0.0.1 However whenever there is a reboot it resets itself to: # The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts # (added automatically by netbase upgrade) ::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback fe00::0 ip6-localnet ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix ff02::1 ip6-allnodes ff02::2 ip6-allrouters ff02::3 ip6-allhosts 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost webservice # Auto-generated hostname. Please do not remove this comment. XXX.XX.XXX.XX xxxxxx.net.au xxxxxx www.xxxxxxx.net.au xxxxxxx 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? -- ------------------------------ http://mightydreams.blogspot.com Tapas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/BANLkTimYn4ZNpMBNCDDR1=vy2r8pyal...@mail.gmail.com
