hi herbert, thank you for fast answer. i tried to upgrade to util-vserver-0.30.216_pre2849 (latest unstable package in gentoo) but i got this error when trying to start guest (it displays guest3 but i am logged at host): guest3 user1 # vserver guest1 start OpenRC 0.4.3 is starting up Gentoo Linux (x86_64) [VSERVER] Press I to enter interactive boot mode * /proc is already mounted, skipping * Setting hostname to guest1... [ ok ] * Creating user login records... [ ok ] * Cleaning /var/run... [ ok ] * Wiping /tmp directory... [ ok ] * Updating /etc/mtab... [ ok ] * Initializing random number generator... [ ok ] * Starting sshd... [ ok ] * Starting vixie-cron... [ ok ] * Starting local... [ ok ] /usr/sbin/chbind: line 135: 30904 Segmentation fault "${create_cmd[@]}" "${chain_cmd[@]}" -- "$@" An error occured while executing the vserver startup sequence; when there are no other messages, it is very likely that the init-script (env TERM=xterm /lib/rc/sh/init-vserver.sh default) failed. Common causes are: * /etc/rc.d/rc on Fedora Core 1 and RH9 fails always; the 'apt-rpm' build method knows how to deal with this, but on existing installations, appending 'true' to this file will help. Failed to start vserver 'guest1' Segmentation fault i don't get this error with util-vserver-0.30.215-r3. miroslav Herbert Poetzl napsal(a): > On Wed, Nov 04, 2009 at 03:22:59PM +0100, Miroslav ?ulc wrote: > >> hi all, >> >> i installed my first vserver this week. i have one machine with main >> host and four guests, all running gentoo. everything seems to work fine, >> but i have a minor issue with host name in prompt. when i connect using >> ssh to host or any of the guests, in bash prompt i can see always the >> same name. lets say i use names "host" and "guest1" up to "guest4". then >> my bash prompt would look like this for host and all guests: >> > > >> guest3 user1 # >> > > >> i guess it is caused by the fact that guest3 sets host name as the last >> one so it overrides previous settings as it seems this settings is only >> global or i'm setting the host name globally. >> > > >> my question is: is there any way to have different host names for host >> and each guest? this way it's pretty confusing when i log in guest1 and >> i can see guest3 prompt. i have kernel 2.6.31.5-vs2.3.0.36.21. >> > > the answer is simple, you have an older util-vserver and > mainline behaviour changed so that your Linux-VServer > guests are no longer properly isolated. > > update util-vserver to a recent snapshot (preferably the > latest), restart all the guests and you should be fine > > HTH, > Herbert > > >> thx for any hints. >> >> miroslav >>