Re: /etc/hosts file becomes empty after KPPP connects to the Internet

[Chetan Kumar <chetansk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 17 Jul 1999, Rajesh Fowkar wrote:

*>Hello everybody,
*>
*>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]

Only thing I can suggest is run ptrace on kppp and see what is happening.

- -Chetan S


*>
*>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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