--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# checks if the container and host's /etc/hosts files match
+# Necessary to avoid potential bugs caused by podman making
+# edits to /etc/hosts file in the container
+# exits with code 1 if host and iscsi container /etc/hosts do no match
+
+set -ex
+
+ISCSI_DAEMON=$(sudo /home/ubuntu/cephtest/cephadm ls | jq -r '.[] | select(.service_name == "iscsi.foo") | .name')
+sudo /home/ubuntu/cephtest/cephadm enter --name $ISCSI_DAEMON -- cat /etc/hosts > iscsi_daemon_etc_hosts.txt
+if cmp --silent /etc/hosts iscsi_daemon_etc_hosts.txt; then
+ echo "Daemon and host /etc/hosts files successfully matched"
+else
+ echo "ERROR: /etc/hosts on host did not match /etc/hosts in the iscsi container!"
+ echo "Host /etc/hosts:"
+ cat /etc/hosts
+ echo "Iscsi container /etc/hosts:"
+ cat iscsi_daemon_etc_hosts.txt
+ exit 1
+fi