[hobbit] hobbit-clients.cfg not working?

[Henrik Stoerner]

On Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 09:29:01AM -0400, Gary Baluha wrote:
> > Actually, Hobbit doesn't use the IP for any matching of client data with
> > the hosts that Hobbit knows about. This all happens based on the
> > hostname that the client reports, and the hostnames in the bb-hosts
> > file.
> 
> 
> Ah, right.  IP is just for network tests then, correct?

Yes, and even there Hobbit will - by default - do a DNS lookup on the
hostname, and use the IP returned from the DNS server, instead of the
one in the bb-hosts file.

The IP in the bb-hosts file is only used if there is a "testip" tag on
the host, or the DNS lookup fails.


Henrik