[Logcheck-devel] Bug#574858: logcheck: Does not ignore unresolvable hostname

[Hannes von Haugwitz]

Bob Proulx wrote:
> But regardless of how I ran into this problem in general it doesn't
> seem good for logcheck to place a requirement that the host's hostname
> be registered in dns.  A thin client wouldn't have this in every
> configuration.  It just isn't needed and therefore shouldn't be a
> dependency.  And in the case that it were a dependency then it
> shouldn't produce an error so much as it should detect and report the
> dependency failure.  But it isn't needed as a dependency.  Logcheck
> otherwise works fine without the hostname registered in DNS.
> 

Sorry, but I don't see the problem. As far as I understand a properly 
configured /etc/hosts file should be enough for a correct working 
'hostname --fqdn' command.

Please try to describe your problem in a few words. What behavior do you 
expect and what behavior do you see?

Thanks

Hannes