[Users] Debian - Odd, hopefully minor, machine name / prompt issue

[Kir Kolyshkin]

Thanks for reporting. Apparently when porting OpenVZ patchset to debian
kernel utsname() virtualization got screwed... I suggest you to file a
bug to http://bugs.debian.org/, and I have added Debian maintainer of
OpenVZ packages to cc.

Jim Archer wrote:
> When logged into the main system:
>
> vps5000:~# hostname
> vps5000.regtek.com
> vps5000:~# vzlist
>      VEID      NPROC STATUS  IP_ADDR         HOSTNAME
>       102         13 running 72.46.65.30     nsp4.registrationtek.com
>       104         21 running 72.46.65.47     mail5.registrationtek.com
>       105         22 running 72.46.65.48     whois.registrationtek.com
>       106          4 running 72.46.65.54     gz.registrationtek.com
>       107          7 running 72.46.65.34     squid.registrationtek.com
>      1000          4 running 72.46.67.2      vps1000.regtek.com
>      1001         39 running 72.46.67.3      vps1002.registrationtek.com
>      1002         29 running 72.46.67.7      tocco.regtek.com
>      1003         23 running 72.46.67.8      firstclass.regtek.com
>      5000          4 running 72.46.65.254    vps5000.regtek.com
> vps5000:~# vzctl enter 102
> entered into VE 102
> vps5000:/# hostname
> vps5000.regtek.com
> vps5000:/# exit
> logout
> exited from VE 102
> vps5000:~# vzctl enter 104
> entered into VE 104
> vps5000:/# hostname
> vps5000.regtek.com
> vps5000:/# exit
> logout
> exited from VE 104
> vps5000:~# vzctl enter 1003
> entered into VE 1003
> vps5000:/# hostname
> vps5000.regtek.com
> vps5000:/# exit
> logout
> exited from VE 1003
> vps5000:~#
>
>
>
>
> --On Wednesday, September 12, 2007 1:30 PM +0400 Kir Kolyshkin
> <kir at openvz.org> wrote:
>
>> Jim,
>>
>> Can you run hostname on the host system and inside a couple of VEs? Do
>> they show the same or different hostnames?
>>
>> Jim Archer wrote:
>>> Hi All...
>>>
>>> I just upgraded the kernel on my machine from:
>>>
>>> actual:/home/jim/openvz/kernels# uname -a
>>> Linux actual.registrationtek.com 2.6.18-openvz-12-1etch1-amd64 #1 SMP
>>> Fri May 4 23:37:24 MSD 2007 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>>>
>>> To:
>>>
>>> vps5000:~# uname -a
>>> Linux vps5000.regtek.com 2.6.18-openvz-13-39.1d1-amd64 #1 SMP Mon Sep
>>> 3 10:11:00 MSD 2007 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>>>
>>>
>>> I did this because I have been having a memory consumption problem
>>> with Exim4 I was hoping to resolve.  I had been told that the Exim4
>>> memory issue was a known issue and was fixed in later kernels.
>>>
>>> Anyhow, I installed the new kernel using dpkg -i and it seems to
>>> install fine, with no warnings or errors.  It boots and runs fine,
>>> even iSCSI. But, the odd issue is that the machine name in the prompt
>>> is wrong.  As you can see from above, it went from:
>>>
>>> actual#
>>>
>>> To:
>>>
>>> vps5000#
>>>
>>> The name of the machine in /etc/hostname is actual and vps5000 is the
>>> highest number vps I have.  Is this a serious issue or can I safely
>>> ignore it?
>>>
>>> Thanks...
>>>
>>> Jim
>>>
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