RE: contents of /etc/hosts gets deleted automatically

["Atul Chitnis" <achitnis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sounds to me like you are using my /etc/ppp/ip-[up|down].local scripts from
the PCQ issue, but goofed while typing them in or forgot to make both of
them executable.

These scripts append/remove information from /etc/hosts based on the
connection state to satisfy sendmail's demand for a valid hostname
associated with your dialup IP address (which many times is wishful thinking
because VSNL doesn't always assign names and register its IP addresses).

So check the scripts, or remove them (only the *.local files).

Atul

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Majordomo [mailto:majordom@xxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Rajesh Fowkar
> Sent: Saturday, July 10, 1999 9:06 AM
> To: linux-india@xxxxxxxxx
> Subject: contents of /etc/hosts gets deleted automatically
>
>
> Hi friends,
>
> My /etc/hosts file contains :
> 127.0.0.1    localhost.localdomain
>
> I have observed that whenever I run KPPP the contents of
> /etc/hosts file gets
> deleted as a result during the next reboot I get the error
> httpd               [failure]
>
> I have to type the contents again or copy some backup copy of
> that file back to
> /etc directory ?
>
> Any clue why is this happening ? I tried to make the file
> readonly chmod 444
> /etc/hosts without any success.
>
> What should I do to rectify this ?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
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