[Spacewalk-list] Machine getting the wrong hostname

[Francoeur, Louis]

The bad hostname at some point was in the hosts file but under 127.0.1.1.

Even after cleaning up the hosts and rebooted the server. Still same thing.

I got tired of running around and went into the database and did the rename in the table rhnservernetwork:

update rhnservernetwork set hostname = propername' where server_id = '1000000000';

I will keep an eye on it to see if it gets reset to the badname again.

Louis

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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Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] Machine getting the wrong hostname

OK – perhaps we’re looking at the wrong server in this equation.
Verify what the DNS “on the spacewalk server” thinks server “whatever” is.
If you’re reusing IPs you could simply have old data on the spacewalk box, not the node.

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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Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] Machine getting the wrong hostname

When I do rhnreg_ks I specify the profile name as the fully qualified domain name, like this:

rhnreg_ks --serverUrl=https://spacewalk/XMLRPC --profilename=`hostname -f` --activationkey=1-blabla

On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 5:03 PM, Brian Kinney <brian.kinney at memeo-inc.com<mailto:brian.kinney at memeo-inc.com>> wrote:
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.”

To find out:
On a unix box, just type in “hostname” and press enter.
That will show you what the system thinks its own name is.

For windows, you have to right click on my computer, then properties to see the hostname.

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Subject: [Spacewalk-list] Machine getting the wrong hostname

Hi!
I have a strange problem. I have a machine with a name, let say hostname1.

When I to the registering of it with:

rhnreg_ks --serverUrl=https://spacewalk/XMLRPC --activationkey=1-blabla

When I check the detail I see a hostname of “whatever”.

I have checked the DNS (forward and reverse), /etc/hosts and cannot find why I get that hostname.

Someone know what I should do to correct.

Thanks
Louis Francoeur

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