[BlueOnyx:18383] Re: Hosts changing to localhost.localdomain

[Christoph Schneeberger]

This is biting me since years. What I do is to delete /etc/hosts, reboot 
the vps (then it creates a good one) and then I set it to immutable 
(chattr +i).
This is far from perfect und you have to remember to remove the 
immutable bit before migrating or deleting the vps but it lets you sleep 
at the weekends or whenever upset customers start to call in.

HTH - Christoph

On 09/24/2015 10:20 AM, Colin Jack wrote:
> We keep getting problems with clients saying email from their websites is bouncing and when I check I find the /etc/hosts file has changed on the server and mail is being sent from apache at localhost.localdomain:
>
> # Auto-generated file.  Keep your customizations at the bottom of this file.
> #END of auto-generated code.  Customize beneath this line.
> ### Begin - Nuonce hosts Fix
> ###  End  - Nuonce hosts Fix
> 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost server6-venet0 server6.mainline.co.uk server6-venet0.mainline.co.uk
> # Auto-generated hostname. Please do not remove this comment.
> 192.168.10.135 server6.mainline.co.uk server6-venet0:0 server6-venet0:0.mainline.co.uk  server6
> ::1 localhost
>
> I manually edit the hosts file and remove the offending item and then a few weeks later it happens again.
> Where is the template held so I can make a permanent change?
>
> This is happening on a number of VPS - not sure whether this is Aventurin{e} or BXmaking the change.
>
> All are VPS on Aventurin{e} clusters - in the above case it is an old 5106R.
>
> Many thanks
>
> Colin
>
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