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 host names to IP addresses. By default, Linux maps the host machine’s host name to 127.0.0.1. If you are installing on Linux, remove this setting from all 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.