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

Ola Lundqvist ola at opalsys.net
Fri Sep 28 16:34:43 EDT 2007


Hi

On Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 04:25:39PM -0400, Jim Archer wrote:
> Hi Ola and thanks very much!
> 
> I'm wondering, could this problem have caused a kernel panic?

Not likely, but you never know.

Best regards,

// Ola

> 
> 
> --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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> >>>>> https://openvz.org/mailman/listinfo/users
> >>>>
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> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >--
> > --- Ola Lundqvist systemkonsult --- M Sc in IT Engineering ----
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 --- Ola Lundqvist systemkonsult --- M Sc in IT Engineering ----
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