[Freeipa-devel] hostname % is not found or is not a DNS A record

[Simo Sorce]

On Sat, 2008-03-29 at 19:45 +0200, Panagiotis Kranidiotis wrote:
> I am trying to install ipa-server on f8 and i am getting the following
> error.
> 
> hostname % is not found or is not a DNS A record 
> 
> where % my hostname
> 
> 
> Any ideas?

Your machine hostname must resolve to a valid "public" (ie not
127.0.0.1) IP address.

You can set it correctly in /etc/hosts (F8 may have put your hostname in
your 127.0.0.1 line instead of putting it on an entry of his own with
your NIC interface IP address), or create an entry in the DNS you are
using to serve your server.
Note that if your hostname is associated to 127.0.0.1 in /etc/hosts, the
installation cannot proceed and you must correct it even if you use DNS
to publish the correct name<->IP association.

Simo.

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