Subject: Re: [vserver] newbie question about host name
From: Herbert Poetzl <herbert@13thfloor.at>
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:32:10 +0200

On Sun, Jul 29, 2007 at 04:20:42PM +0200, Guenther Fuchs wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> on Sunday, July 29, 2007 at 2:39:33 PM there was posted:
> 
> VC> I created a new guest by copying an existing one. I thought I
> VC> changed all the configs properly but when I enter the guest the
> VC> login prompt still shows the old guest name. Not sure if this is
> VC> really a problem or not, but it is confusing when trying to
> VC> remember which vserver I am connected to.
> 
> The hostname is taken from your vserver config, e.g.
> /etc/vservers/[vserver-name]/uts/nodename
> 
> The local guest configs do not overwrite this host-located variable.

note that the local guest configs _can_ override the
hostname (given the proper permissions)

best,
Herbert

> -- 
> regards 'n greez,
> 
> Guenther Fuchs
> (aka "muh" and "powerfox")