Name Resolution; Operating; Image Distribution - Novell SLRS 8 Admin Manual

16.1.2 Name Resolution

Especially when configuring the branch servers with posInitBranchserver.sh,
care must be taken that the system can resolve its own name to its IP address
that belongs to the branch network.
If the system has only one network interface, or if the eth0 interface is the
branch network interface, the correct resolution is done through the /etc/hosts
file, where YaST adds the correct entries. Otherwise, add the corresponding
line to /etc/hosts manually or make sure that DNS is able to resolve the
hostname.
Symptoms
The DHCP server configuration file /etc/dhcpd.conf is not created properly.
Utility command poscheckip.pl returns an error code as shown below,
# poscheckip.pl
# echo $?
1
instead of printing the correct host name, address, netmask and domain.
# poscheckip.pl
bs 192.168.150.1
# echo $?
0
Hints
Make sure that /etc/named.conf lists the right parent DNS servers as
forwarders.
Add the hostname to /etc/hosts.
When using DHCP to configure the external (WAN) network interface
of the branch server, set the DHCP client on the branch server to modify
named.conf instead of resolv.conf in /etc/sysconfig/network/config
(Variables
MODIFY_RESOLV_CONF_DYNAMICALLY
MODIFY_NAMED_CONF_DYNAMICALLY
this.

16.2 Operating

16.2.1 Image Distribution

The possyncimages.pl tool can distribute the boot (first stage) and appli-
cation (second stage) images from the central administration server to the
255.255.255.0 Lab.HQ.suse.de
. The template file is prepared for
16.2 Operating
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