Can't get past issue with localhost.localdomain on Scalix 11

[Richard551]

I'm trying to install Scalix version11 to a CentOS (RedHat Enterprise) machine. I've made sure that my /etc/hosts file reads as instructed in the install manual:

127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost

but I get this error:

Environment check passed.
Filesystem check passed.
Network check failed - Could not find a host name in DNS that matches an IP
address
Network check failed - IP address associated with host name
'localhost.localdomain' is '127.0.0.1'
Network check warning - network is configured for DHCP.
Network check failed - 127.0.0.1 line contains fully-qualified server hostname
(localhost.localdomain) in /etc/hosts, please remove it

If I change the 127 line to read just localhost then I get a variation of the same error.

Where do I go from here?

[mikevl]

Hi there

From here you need to produced a line under the 127.0.0.1 which reads

xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx hostname.domainname
ie
IP of server and the hostname

Hope this helps

Mike

[Richard551]

Thanks Mike

What gets me is that the install docs say that it should have ONLY the localhost.localdomain line. But if I should have a real address/name in there, can I have the address of the machine I'm trying to install to (local address: 192.168.x.x my.machine) or does should it be the address of an actual domain server?

In this case, I'm trying to install onto a machine before actually connecting it up to the network that it will end up on. It's just sitting around in my living room right now and there is no domain server.

I guess I live to experiment...

[dkelly]

What gets me is that the install docs say that it should have ONLY the localhost.localdomain line.

Can you tell me where you read that ? On page 37 of the install guide at http://www.scalix.com/community/downloads/documentation.php, it reads

Check all servers’ etc/hosts files to make sure the localhost line does not include anything more than:
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdoamin localhost
If the line does list additional servers, add a line below with:
aaa.xx.yy.zz server.domain.com server
Where aaa.xx.yy.zz is the actual server’s IP address.

Cheers

Dave

[Richard551]

You're right dkelly.

But the thing is, that the 127 line in my etc/hots file was the only line. I didn't have a reference to any other server. And, in fact, this machine is on a little network of Windows computers that doesn't have a domain server.

Of course, maybe I went wrong on a little earlier in the manual. I don't know how to "configure reverse DNS in which the IP address resolves to a hostname instead of vice versa". Is that something different from the etc/hosts file?