Re: Problem with ConfigUtil.getHostName()

Gregg Wonderly <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.java.sun.jini
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Logan, Patrick wrote:
> Em, nevermind. The problem seems to be in /etc/hosts

This is a key issue with linux installations.  There are many distros that will
set the hostname to whatever you type, and then include a mapping to 127.X.X.X
in /etc/hosts which really defeats DNS.  It is important to always examine
/etc/hosts on any machine (all on the network involved) when you see odd things
like this to make sure that the network configuration is sane!

Gregg Wonderly

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