Re: Loopback

[Habib_4]

Hi guys,

Just wondered, i am having difficulties logging into the CDE on an old Unix server I bought recently.
It just stays at the login prompt when I try to enter my u/name and pwd.
I was told this was because the IP address was set to the loopback address, and when I checked this that was the issue.
Anyone know how to resolve this?

Cheers

Habib

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom Habib,

The loopback address needs to be up and running and it is used for internal networking. If root sends an email it originates on localhost the loopback network.

I do not think setting the IP address of a NIC card to the loopback address is a good idea and agree it could be a problem.

ifconfig lan0

or lan whatever is active.

ifconfig can change the IP address to something legitimate.

It can also be changed by editing /etc/rc.config.d/netconf and restarting networking or the system.

SEP

[JASH_2]

Habib,

I know that it is not the "pure unix guys" way, but you can change the network cards ip address using SAM on the console.

Regards,

JASH

[Muthukumar_5]

loopback is used for local administration usage in that machine. You have to configure your network card with IP-Address for communicating from external. Configure with ifconfig . Or do it with SAM.

To get permanent effect then configure in /etc/rc.config.d/netconf on related with INTERFACE_* related variables.

--
Muthu

[Antonio Cardoso_1]

Check if hostname of your server is correctly resolved, this might also be an issue.
#getip
=> if /etc/resolv.conf is configured to a nameserver but your server is not resolved by DNS, you may need to add conf in nsswitch.conf to force use of FILES.
Example of nsswitch.conf contents:
hosts: files [NOTFOUND=continue] dns
or
hosts: dns [NOTFOUND=continue] files