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

[Jim Archer]

Hi Ola and thanks very much!

I'm wondering, could this problem have caused a kernel panic?



--On Friday, September 28, 2007 10:14 PM +0200 Ola Lundqvist 
<ola at opalsys.net> wrote:

> Hi
>
> Problem found by Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan at sw.ru>. I'm now building new
> source package and kernel packages.
>
> Best regards,
>
> // Ola
>
> On Thu, Sep 13, 2007 at 12:55:13AM +0400, Kir Kolyshkin wrote:
>> 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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