Avaya 12 manual Linking the /etc/hosts file, Ln -s ./inet/hosts /etc/hosts

Linking the /etc/hosts file

Linking the /etc/hosts file

If the original system displayed a symbolic link for /etc/hosts to /etc/inet/hosts, this procedure is not needed. Continue with Checking the status of the disks on page 53.

If the original system did not display a symbolic link for /etc/hosts to ./inet/hosts and the original system was operating properly, you must restore the /etc/hosts file temporarily until the customer has time to merge any relevant information into a single "hosts" file.

To restore the /etc/hosts file:

1.Enter the following commands:

mv /etc/inet/hosts /etc/inet/hosts.orig

cp -p /manual_merge/etc/hosts /etc/inet/hosts

2.Enter:

ls -l /etc/hosts

A message similar to the following is displayed:

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Feb 23 2002 /etc/hosts -> ./inet/hosts

3.Do one of the following:

●If a symbolic link for /etc/hosts to ./inet/hosts is displayed (similar to what is shown above, continue with Step 6.

●If the system does not display a symbolic link for /etc/hosts to ./inet/hosts and the original system was operating properly, continue with Step 4.

4.Enter the following commands: cd /etc

ln -s ./inet/hosts /etc/hosts

5.Verify that the files are linked by repeating Step 2.

6.Inform the customer they need to merge any relevant information from the /etc/inet/hosts.orig file into the /etc/hosts file, and that in the future they should verify /etc/hosts is a symbolic link to /etc/inet/hosts before making modifications to the /etc/hosts file.

7.Continue with Checking the status of the disks on page 53.

8.Continue with Installing the remaining disk drives on page 50.

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