Name: gm110360 Date: 12/10/2001


java version "1.4.0-beta3"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.0-beta3-b84)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.0-beta3-b84, mixed mode)


On a multihomed host (I use eth0:0 aliases) where the hostname is a.b.com
which resolves to 192.168.0.2.
Try to start RMID like this:
rmid -J-Djava.rmi.server.useLocalHostname=false
\-J-Djava.rmi.server.hostname=172.31.0.128

rmid still uses 192.168.0.2. You can prove this to yourself by disabling the
192.168.0.2 ethernet device temporarily by 'ifconfig eth0 down' and retrying.
You will see an rmid exception stating that connection to 192.168.0.2 has
failed.

The solution usually suggested by Sun doesn't work:
http://java.sun.com/products/jdk/1.2/docs/guide/rmi/faq.html

You also can't place the 172.31.0.128 ip address/hostname in /etc/hosts as
placing this in the first/second/third slot in front/behind 127.0.0.1 doesn't
work.

I did find something undocumented that did work, however:
> hostname new.b.com
fixes the problem where /etc/hosts maps new.b.com to 172.31.0.128.

Unfortunately this changes the hostname for the entire machine. I would rather
the documented java.rmi.server.hostname property worked.

Thanks.
(Review ID: 135559)
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