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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">The DNS may not match the actual “hostname” of the new box.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Also, just because it is in /etc/hosts, does not mean that it is the true “hostname.”</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">To find out:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">On a unix box, just type in “hostname” and press enter.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">That will show you what the system thinks its own name is.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">For windows, you have to right click on my computer, then properties to see the hostname.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">-- </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Brian </span><span style="color:#1f497d"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;color:#1f497d">This e-mail is private and may be confidential and is for the intended recipient only. If misdirected, please notify us by telephone and confirm that it has been deleted from your system and any copies destroyed. If you are not the intended recipient you are strictly prohibited from using, printing, copying, distributing or disseminating this e-mail or any information contained in it. We use reasonable measures to virus scan all E-mails leaving UNICOM Global but no warranty is given that this E-mail and any attachments are virus free. You should ensure you have adequate measures in place for your own virus checking.</span><span style="color:#1f497d"></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com">spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com">spacewalk-list-bounces@redhat.com</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Francoeur, Louis<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 11, 2015 2:26 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:spacewalk-list@redhat.com">spacewalk-list@redhat.com</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [Spacewalk-list] Machine getting the wrong hostname</p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Hi!</p><p class="MsoNormal">I have a strange problem. I have a machine with a name, let say hostname1.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">When I to the registering of it with:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console"">rhnreg_ks --serverUrl=<a href="https://spacewalk/XMLRPC">https://spacewalk/XMLRPC</a> --activationkey=1-blabla</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">When I check the detail I see a hostname of “whatever”.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">I have checked the DNS (forward and reverse), /etc/hosts and cannot find why I get that hostname.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Someone know what I should do to correct.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Thanks</p><p class="MsoNormal">Louis Francoeur</p></div></body></html>