Subject: Re: Two servers --getting closer
From: Joe Rhodes (joe_b_rhodes@hotmail.com)
Date: Fri Nov 03 2000 - 14:41:23 EST
Thanks for the suggestions. Thus far, here's what I get. (I'm at work now,
so I cannot get to both machines. I only have one set up with ssh.
On the one machine, the command hostid comes back with :
17f00
If you sign extend that to 8 digits (32 bits) it matches up with the Server
Signature I'm getting. Well, almost,.
The server signature is 0017e00 a whole bunch of times.
I don't know how to change what I get back from the hostid command. I'd be
open to suggestions.
By way of suggestion, I check the HOSTNAME file on the one machine, and it's
machine specific. Same with /etc/hosts--
127.0.0.1 is NOT localhost on the one machine. (It probably is on the other
machine though.)
I have the same problem with two Red Hat 6.2 Netfinity servers on a seperate
network. So it must be something on how the software is set up, not the
hardware it's running on. (LinuxPPC 2000 on a beige G3 and on an 8500/120)
Here's my /etc/hosts file from the one machine I can get to now:
(Yes, I know it's a bit odd. I don't have a great grasp for just how this
should look, all I know is it works fo now....)
127.0.0.1 decameron localhost.localdomain
127.0.0.1 decameron localhost.localdomain
208.166.201.117 decameron
208.166.201.117 joerhodes.com
208.166.201.117 decameron.dyndns.org
~
joerhodes.com is my domain name that points at this box.
decameron.dyndns.org is another, although I don't own it.
My HOSTNAME file has but one line:
decameron
The other box is set up however RedHat does it right out of the box. I
haven't really played with that one at all. My guess is it still is listed
as
127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain
But I don't have access to it right now. When I get home, I'll send that
info out as well.
Any insights will win you my undying appreciation!
Cheers!
-Joe Rhodes
"Contrary to popular belief, UNIX is very user friendly.
It's just picky about who its friends are."
>Bryan Hughes wrote...
>I actually saw something similar to this myself when I was setting up my
>second server. Check and see what the actual host names of each machine
>are, I believe this is where Netatalk generates its server signature from.
>If both servers are NOT set up to use TCP/IP and think their IP addresses
>are 127.0.0.1 (localhost) they are probably both going to return the same
>signature.
>
>Places to look:
>
>In /etc look for a file called HOSTNAME. Check and see what's in there,
>and make sure it's different for each server.
>Same with /etc/hosts
>check your atalk/config file, it is probably set up to set the server name
>to whatever the contents of your HOSTNAME file are (the AppleTalk signature
>is this name, AFAIK)
>
>Bryn
>
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>
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> >>> "Joe Rhodes" <joe_b_rhodes@hotmail.com> - 11/2/00 9:13 PM >>>
>Well, I think I'm getting closer...
>
>On Jon Newman's suggestions, I downloaded ServerInfo. (Cool little
>utility,
>BTW. Thanks!)
>
>Indeed, both of the linux boxes have the same server signature:
>
>0x00017e0000017e0000017e0000017e00
>
>Now the question is, How the hell does one change this? Is it something
>compiled in or is it set somewhere? I don't see anything that looks like
>it
>would help in the config files.
>
>BTW: what does the "server_quantum" flag do in the afpd.conf file do? (I
>tried changing this in hopes it might be the signature--no luck.)
>
>Thanks!
>-Joe Rhodes
>
>"Contrary to popular belief, Unix is very user friendly.
>It's just very picky about who its friends are."
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