On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 03:17:40PM -0400, Chuck wrote:
> i have been upgrading our hosts and vservers. this one host i upgraded
> from 2.6.26 kernel to 2.6.31. on reboot, i find that the host takes on
> the hostname of the last vserver started whichever one i make last!!!
> a subsequent hostname command, logout and login gives the host the
> proper name.
> i start my vservers in local.start rather than use the init.d script.
> any clues what is going on here?
yes, your tools (util-vserver) are too old for that kernel,
and so your guests are not really isolated and can change
things on the host as well
> using gentoo
> i did not notice this behavior on any of the other hosts so far, but
> ithis also s the one that required the most upgrades.
> the host and vservers appear to function fine, it seems it is only the
> last vserver to start names the host!
appear, but as I said, the isolation is incomplete, due to
a change in mainline which affected how namespaces are
created ..
updating util-vserver to a recent snapshot will fix the
issues.
best,
Herbert
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> Chuck