Hi Andy, I cannot confirm this bug. Just tested with FAI 5.3.2 and a new config space.
fai -v -u newhostname -cFAIBASE,DEBIAN,AMD64 -s file:///srv/fai/config dirinstall /srv/jessie The hostname remains unchanged. I guess you are using some old hooks in your config space, which may change the hostname. Check if hooks/setup.DEFAULT.sh looks like this: export HOSTNAME=${HOSTNAME%%.*} if [ $do_init_tasks -eq 1 ]; then echo $HOSTNAME > /proc/sys/kernel/hostname fi If this does not fix your problem, I need a fai dirinstall run with debug output. -- regards Thomas