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Checking for a symbolic link between /etc/hosts and /etc/inet/hosts

If the CUE extract process detects a unique /etc/hosts file and a unique /etc/inet/hosts file, the process cannot merge the differences between the two "hosts" files. The /etc/hosts file must be a symbolic link to /etc/inet/hosts.

To determine if the /etc/hosts file is a symbolic link to the /etc/inet/hosts file:

1.Enter:

ls -l /etc/hosts

A message similar to the following should be displayed:

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

2.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 Extracting the customer’s administration and options on page 17.

●If the system does not display a symbolic link for /etc/hosts to ./inet/hosts and the system is operating properly, continue with Step 3.

3.Enter: ifconfig -a

A message similar to the following is displayed:

hme0: flags=1000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 1500 index 2 inet 192.168.2.1 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 192.168.2.255 ether 8:0:20:7b:ab:dc

4.Enter:

more /etc/hosts

A message similar to the following is displayed:

127.0.0.1localhost

192.168.2.1 cvue loghost cvue.tmpdomain.org

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