Hi All,

I set up a hosts file on my Linux box for some machines on my local network via /etc/hosts but I found something strange that I thought someone with more experience could help me with.

First, it seems like there are two places where you can configure local hosts names - 1) in the /etc/hosts file and 2) through the Control Panel applet under Network Configuration (KDE). The problem is that the two don't show the same configuration and the one that appears under the Network Config applet seems to override the file. I would just change it there but the changes don't stick (yes I am logged in as root) and the settings and addresses that are in the applet are from an old configuration and are no longer valid.

Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
Frank

Never trust the GUI interface. You should just edit the file manually and not use the GUI interface to try and edit. One reason why linuxconf isn't used or installed anymore, a GUI interface that was buggy and unstable.

Like I said, I AM editing the file manually but the entries in the GUI are causing problems and I can't seem to make them go away. Anybody?

this may not be a good idea:

chattr -V +i /etc/hosts

This will make the file /etc/hosts immutable (not editable). If you need to change something, change the attrib:

chattr -V -i /etc/hosts
u need to be root to make these changes.