[Sugar-devel] GPA XS Report

[Martin Langhoff]

On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 10:39 PM, Dave Bauer<dave.bauer at gmail.com> wrote:
> OK, we can workaround this two ways,
>
> Use schoolserver as the jabber server name in the settings then
> 1) set the IP in /etc/hosts as a quick hack to make sure things work
> 2) set up the SoaS to use the built in DNS on the XS.

I'd strongly recommend avoid touching /etc/hosts or /etc/resolv.conf
on every SoaS.

> Using the DNS seems problematic, probably due to my lack on knowledge.

The changes are trivial -- a list of ~8 names need to resolve to the
XS's "internal" address. DNS can be complicated, but this is
completely trivial.

Get those names added to the existing DNS server, and you're sorted.

> If we do that we need to defer to the network DNS for everything
> except the schoolserver hostname. If kids take the stick home, what
> happens with the DNS if we put the XS into resolv.conf?

resolv.conf gets re-written by NM all the time. "Hardcoding it" is no go.

cheers,


m
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