Re: Fwd: problem due to hostname change
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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 15:04:45 + Subject: Re: problem due to hostname change To: Lowell Gilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: FreeBSD freebsd-questions@freebsd.org On 17 Mar 2005 09:57:26 -0500, Lowell Gilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Pietro Cerutti [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gahr.ch/pgp-key Beansidhe - SwiSS Death / Thrash Metal www.beansidhe.ch Windows: Where do you want to go today? Linux: Where do you want to go tomorrow? FreeBSD: Are you guys coming or what? -- Pietro Cerutti [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gahr.ch/pgp-key Beansidhe - SwiSS Death / Thrash Metal www.beansidhe.ch Windows: Where do you want to go today? Linux: Where do you want to go tomorrow? FreeBSD: Are you guys coming or what? ___ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fwd: problem due to hostname change
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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 15:04:45 + Subject: Re: problem due to hostname change To: Lowell Gilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: FreeBSD freebsd-questions@freebsd.org On 17 Mar 2005 09:57:26 -0500, Lowell Gilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Pietro Cerutti [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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) 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gahr.ch/pgp-key Beansidhe - SwiSS Death / Thrash Metal www.beansidhe.ch Windows: Where do you want to go today? Linux: Where do you want to go tomorrow? FreeBSD: Are you guys coming or what? -- Pietro Cerutti [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gahr.ch/pgp-key Beansidhe - SwiSS Death / Thrash Metal www.beansidhe.ch Windows: Where do you want to go today? Linux: Where do you want to go tomorrow? FreeBSD: Are you guys coming or what? ___ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Fwd: problem due to hostname change
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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 15:04:45 + Subject: Re: problem due to hostname change To: Lowell Gilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: FreeBSD freebsd-questions@freebsd.org On 17 Mar 2005 09:57:26 -0500, Lowell Gilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Pietro Cerutti [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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) 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 What about /etc/hosts? Maybe try: grep oldhostname /etc/* Eric -- Eric AndersonSr. Systems AdministratorCentaur Technology I have seen the future and it is just like the present, only longer. ___ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
