Changing Linux Host File Mappings

Change the Linux host file mappings to allow the JINI server to locate remote components.

On UNIX and Linux based systems, settings in the /etc/host file map hostnames to IP addresses. Linux maps the host machine’s hostname to 127.0.0.1 by default. If you are installing on Linux, you must remove this setting from all of the servers running RAP components.

Change the host and domain name entry in the /etc/hosts file.
For example, on a Linux system called MyComputer, the host and domain name entry looks like this: 
127.0.0.1        MyComputer MyComputer.mydomain.com localhost
Change the entry to this:
127.0.0.1        localhost
This change allows the JINI server to locate remote components on the various machines in the network.
Parent topic: Preinstallation Tasks

Created April 9, 2009. Send feedback on this help topic to Sybase Technical Publications: pubs@sybase.com