Re: [FW1] things happen I changed the firewall hostname

[Rajesh <rajesh@FW1-NOSPAMilanet.slnsw.gov.au>]

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> Subject: [FW1] things happen I changed the firewall hostname
> Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 18:55:07 +0800
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> Hi.. I have CP4.0 on solaris
> 
> 1)I changed my fw hostname from tyogw01 to internetfw using this 
> 
> tyogw01#hostname internetfw
> internetfw#
> 
> 2)After this I found I cannot reinstall my firewall policy, then I 
checked
> my hosts file and found my hosts file is like below    
> 
> internetfw# more /etc/hosts
> #
> # Internet host table
> #
> 127.0.0.1       localhost
> 
> 211.149.102.190 tyogw01 tyogw01.     loghost
> 59.199.45.1     internal
> 
> 3)Then I change the tyogw01 to internetfw then my host file become 
the
> following, then everything run smoothly
> 
> internetfw# more /etc/hosts
> #
> # Internet host table
> #
> 127.0.0.1       localhost
> 211.149.102.190 internetfw tyogw01.     loghost
> 59.199.45.1     internal
> 
> 4)After it, I tried to delete the dot (.) behind the tyogw01 to see 
what
> happen, the hosts become the followings
> 
> internetfw# more /etc/hosts
> #
> # Internet host table
> #
> 127.0.0.1       localhost
> 
> 211.149.102.190        internetfw      tyogw01 loghost
> #211.149.102.190 internetfw tyogw01.     loghost
> 59.199.45.1     internal
> 
> 5)After that I got a lot of the following error messages on screen, 
May I
> know why the "dot" must be there???????
> 
> internetfw# tail /var/adm/messages
> Jul 23 17:01:00 internetfw sendmail[3123]: unable to qualify my own 
domain
> name (internetf
> w) -- using short name
> 
> 6)I changed the hosts file and add the "dot"
> The error stop appear
> Can I just put without the "tyogw01."????
> 211.149.102.190        internetfw  loghost
> 
> 7)When I install the policy I found this message
> Installing security policy XXX on all.all@internetfw
> using interface "hme0"
> Installing Security Policy on localhost(tyogw01) suceeded 
> Done
> 
> Why I still see "on localhost(tyogw01)"????
> 
> Should I changed the following file content from tyogw01 to 
internetfw????
> 
> internetfw# more /etc/hostname.hme0
> tyogw01
> 
YOU STILL SEE "on localhost(tyogw01)" BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T CHANGED THE 
FIREWALL OBJECT NAME. 

Rajesh.



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