Why is myhostname added to /etc/nsswitch.conf when updating systemd
Issue
- We have to remove the
myhostnamefrom thensswitch.confto make sure the IPv4 address is returned instead of::1, fix taken from https://access.redhat.com/solutions/1287253. But after updating thesystemdRPM our change is undone. Thesystemdhas in it%posthardcode that it has to add themyhostnameto the hosts line innsswitch.conf
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- systemd
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