Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 01:14:58 +1000 (EST) From: Neo-Vortex <root@Neo-Vortex.net> To: Pietro Cerutti <pietro.cerutti@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fwd: problem due to hostname change Message-ID: <20050318011250.C80938@Neo-Vortex.net> In-Reply-To: <e572718c05031707087e236e27@mail.gmail.com> References: <e572718c050317053429bdd25e@mail.gmail.com> <44oedixquh.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <e572718c05031707087e236e27@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, 17 Mar 2005, Pietro Cerutti wrote:
> Hi Hackers,
> I posted this on freebsd-questions, but couldn't find a solution...
>
> Maybe here....
>
> Thank you!
>
>
> Please: don't Cc me, I'm on the list!
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Pietro Cerutti <pietro.cerutti@gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 15:04:45 +0000
> Subject: Re: problem due to hostname change
> To: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
> Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
>
>
> On 17 Mar 2005 09:57:26 -0500, Lowell Gilbert
> <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> wrote:
> > Pietro Cerutti <pietro.cerutti@gmail.com> writes:
> >
> > > Hi list,
> > > my computer is not part of a domain, and so I had set my hostname to
> > > <old_hostname>.
> > > Now I changed it in rc.conf to <new_hostname>:
> > >
> > > ~> cat /etc/rc.conf | grep hostname
> > > hostname="<new_hostname>"
> > > ~>
> > >
> > > I rebooted, but my pc is still somewhere configured to be called <old_hostname>.
> > > First of all, when the pc boots, I see this in dmesg:
> > >
> > > FreeBSD 5.4-PRERELEASE #10: Wed Mar 9 15:40:46 UTC 2005
> > > <my_name>@<old_hostname>:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GAHR
> >
> > That's not a problem; all it means is that's who built the kernel. It
> > doesn't get used for *anything* other than printing that message.
> >
> > > Then, when I try to start apache, I see this in my
> > > /var/log/httpd-error.log, and apache won't start:
> > >
> > > [Thu Mar 17 13:29:11 2005] [alert] mod_unique_id: unable to
> > > gethostbyname("<old_hostname>")
grep -ir "<old_hostname>" /etc /usr/local/etc
(mabe even for /var/named too...)
that might shed some light as to where its coming from... as for the
bootup the user@oldhostname is just that you compiled the kernel as that,
it affects nothing
> > You must have put the old hostname into Apache's configuration
> > explicitly. You will need to change it by hand. The configuration
> > file is (by default, as installed from the port)
> > /usr/local/etc/apache/httpd.conf.
>
> No, this is not the problem. I searched in httpd.conf but I didn't
> find anything concerning my <old_hostname>.
>
> I even deinstalled & deleted the configuration files & reinstalled apache.
>
> Don't forget this:
> FreeBSD 5.4-PRERELEASE #10: Wed Mar 9 15:40:46 UTC 2005
> <my_name>@<old_hostname>:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GAHR
>
> Here I have my <old_hostname> too.
>
> >
> > >
> > > My question is: how can I change my hostname to <new_hostname> safely,
> > > in a way that the <old_hostname> is not used anymore in any part of
> > > the OS?
> >
> > Changing rc.conf is enough for anything that was configured
> > automatically.
>
> It should be so, but it actually isn't.
>
> If you changed some other configuration by hand, you
> > will need to change it again by hand. Note that if you had not added
> > your hostname to httpd.conf, Apache would have used the system
> > hostname by default (I believe; I haven't actually checked this
> > recently).
>
> I'm sure I didn't set my <old_hostname> anywhere else than in rc.conf
>
> >
> > Be well.
> >
>
> However, thank you for your advice, but it didn't solve my problem...
>
>
> --
> Pietro Cerutti
> <pietro.cerutti@gmail.com>
> <http://www.gahr.ch/pgp-key>;
>
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>
>
> --
> Pietro Cerutti
> <pietro.cerutti@gmail.com>
> <http://www.gahr.ch/pgp-key>;
>
> Beansidhe - SwiSS Death / Thrash Metal
> <www.beansidhe.ch>
>
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