Netconsole cannot resolve the syslog server address if it is only included in the /etc/hosts file
Issue
netconsole
script fails if the syslog address is not available via a DNS server- This prevents
netconsole
to work with hosts that have not access to a DNS server and have the hostsnames hardcoded in/etc/hosts
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- Activated
netconsole
service
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