Hi Jochen Nice patch. I'll add that one.
Best regards, // Ola On Mon, Oct 01, 2007 at 05:40:39PM +0100, Jochen Voss wrote: > Package: vserver-debiantools > Version: 0.3.6.2 > Severity: wishlist > File: /usr/sbin/newvserver > Tags: patch > > Hi, > > if you are creating many VServers using the newvserver script, it is a > bit cumbersome to always give the correct combination of --hostname > and --ip. An alternative strategy would be to set up a name server > which knows about the IP<->hostname assignments and to derive either > the hostname or the IP address by querying the name server. This is > implemented by the appended patch. > > Using the patch you can just use > > newvserver --ip 1.2.3.4/24 > > and the script looks up hostname and domain (if not given) using the > name server. Alternatively you can use > > newvserver --hostname x --domain y.z > > and the script looks up the IP address using the name server. In this > case the prefix length (/24 in the above example) is taken from the > netmask of the given network interface. > > I hope this helps, > Jochen > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: lenny/sid > APT prefers unstable > APT policy: (500, 'unstable') > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > > Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-2-vserver-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core) > Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash > > Versions of packages vserver-debiantools depends on: > ii binutils 2.18-1 The GNU assembler, linker and > bina > ii debootstrap 1.0.3 Bootstrap a basic Debian system > ii dnsutils 1:9.4.1-P1-1 Clients provided with BIND > ii iproute 20070313-1 Professional tools to control > the > ii rsync 2.6.9-5 fast remote file copy program > (lik > ii util-vserver 0.30.214-3 user-space tools for > Linux-VServer > > vserver-debiantools recommends no packages. > > -- no debconf information > > -- > http://seehuhn.de/ -- --------------------- Ola Lundqvist --------------------------- / [EMAIL PROTECTED] Annebergsslingan 37 \ | [EMAIL PROTECTED] 654 65 KARLSTAD | | http://opalsys.net/ +46 (0)70-332 1551 | \ gpg/f.p.: 7090 A92B 18FE 7994 0C36 4FE4 18A1 B1CF 0FE5 3DD9 / --------------------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
