[Spacewalk-list] Machine getting the wrong hostname

Fri Feb 13 16:21:51 UTC 2015

Ah yeah, I was thinking System Name. You can update that hostname field by
running rhn-profile-sync on the client. Which should set it to whatever the
output of the hostname command returns on the client.

On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 10:09 AM, Francoeur, Louis <
Louis_Francoeur at silanis.com> wrote:

>  Actually no.
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> The “System Name” in the “Edit System Details” is not the same as the
> “Hostname” in the “System Info”.
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> The /etc/sysconfig/network always been with the proper name.
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> Louis
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> *From:* spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:
> spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com] *On Behalf Of *Matthew Madey
> *Sent:* Thursday, February 12, 2015 5:12 PM
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> *To:* spacewalk-list at redhat.com
> *Subject:* Re: [Spacewalk-list] Machine getting the wrong hostname
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> You can just click on the server in the Spacewalk GUI, then the properties
> tab. Here you can update the System Name here rather than having to change
> tables in the database manually.
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> On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 3:09 PM, Francoeur, Louis <
> Louis_Francoeur at silanis.com> wrote:
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> The bad hostname at some point was in the hosts file but under 127.0.1.1.
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> Even after cleaning up the hosts and rebooted the server. Still same thing.
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> I got tired of running around and went into the database and did the
> rename in the table rhnservernetwork:
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> update rhnservernetwork set hostname = propername' where server_id =
> '1000000000';
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> I will keep an eye on it to see if it gets reset to the badname again.
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> Louis
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> *From:* spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:
> spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com] *On Behalf Of *Brian Kinney
> *Sent:* Thursday, February 12, 2015 3:18 PM
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> *To:* spacewalk-list at redhat.com
> *Subject:* Re: [Spacewalk-list] Machine getting the wrong hostname
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> OK – perhaps we’re looking at the wrong server in this equation.
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> Verify what the DNS “on the spacewalk server” thinks server “whatever” is.
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> If you’re reusing IPs you could simply have old data on the spacewalk box,
> not the node.
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> You can attach png or jpg files and show us in detail what you are seeing,
> should this not be helpful.
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> --
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> Brian
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> *From:* spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:
> spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com] *On Behalf Of *Matthew Madey
> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 11, 2015 5:36 PM
> *To:* spacewalk-list at redhat.com
> *Subject:* Re: [Spacewalk-list] Machine getting the wrong hostname
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> When I do rhnreg_ks I specify the profile name as the fully qualified
> domain name, like this:
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> rhnreg_ks --serverUrl=https://spacewalk/XMLRPC --profilename=`hostname
> -f` --activationkey=1-blabla
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> On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 5:03 PM, Brian Kinney <brian.kinney at memeo-inc.com>
> wrote:
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>  The DNS may not match the actual “hostname” of the new box.
>
> Also, just because it is in /etc/hosts, does not mean that it is the true
> “hostname.”
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> To find out:
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> On a unix box, just type in “hostname” and press enter.
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> That will show you what the system thinks its own name is.
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> For windows, you have to right click on my computer, then properties to
> see the hostname.
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> --
>
> Brian
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> *From:* spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:
> spacewalk-list-bounces at redhat.com] *On Behalf Of *Francoeur, Louis
> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 11, 2015 2:26 PM
> *To:* spacewalk-list at redhat.com
> *Subject:* [Spacewalk-list] Machine getting the wrong hostname
>
>
>
> Hi!
>
> I have a strange problem. I have a machine with a name, let say hostname1.
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> When I to the registering of it with:
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> rhnreg_ks --serverUrl=https://spacewalk/XMLRPC --activationkey=1-blabla
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> When I check the detail I see a hostname of “whatever”.
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> I have checked the DNS (forward and reverse), /etc/hosts and cannot find
> why I get that hostname.
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>
> Someone know what I should do to correct.
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>
>
> Thanks
>
> Louis Francoeur
>
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