[BlueOnyx:05476] Re: Issue with BO installation on OpenVZ

[Ken - Precision Web Hosting, Inc]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James" <james at slor.net>
To: "'BlueOnyx General Mailing List'" <blueonyx at blueonyx.it>
Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 7:46 AM
Subject: [BlueOnyx:05475] Re: Issue with BO installation on OpenVZ


> For further reference, it appears that whatever changed this must have
> occurred sometime between September 12 and yesterday.  I found the 
> following
> snippets of startup output in /var/messages and its archives (actual names
> changed to protect the innocent):
>
> Sep 12 05:06:46 vz1 cced(smd)[24395]: client 0:[0:24377]: SET  3 dns =
> "&8.8.8.8&4.2.2.2&" locales = "&ja&de_DE&en&da_DK&" console = 0 domainname 
> =
> "mydomain.com" hostname = server1 productIdentity = 20100301 productBuild 
> =
> 5106R productLanguage = en productBuildString = "build 20100301 for a 
> 5106R
> in en_US"
>
> Sep 12 05:12:56 vz1 cced(smd)[29818]: client 0:[0:29817]: SET  3 dns =
> "&8.8.8.8&4.2.2.2&" locales = "&ja&de_DE&en&da_DK&" console = 0 domainname 
> =
> "mydomain.com" hostname = server1 productIdentity = 20100301 productBuild 
> =
> 5106R productLanguage = en productBuildString = "build 20100301 for a 
> 5106R
> in en_US"
>
> Sep 26 23:55:10 vz1 cced(smd)[12100]: client 0:[0:12099]: SET  3 dns =
> "&8.8.8.8&4.2.2.2&" locales = "&ja&de_DE&en&da_DK&" console = 0 domainname 
> =
> localdomain hostname = localhost productIdentity = 20100301 productBuild =
> 5106R productLanguage = en productBuildString = "build 20100301 for a 
> 5106R
> in en_US"
>
> Sep 27 01:00:08 vz1 cced(smd)[19641]: client 0:[0:19561]: SET  3 dns =
> "&8.8.8.8&4.2.2.2&" locales = "&ja&de_DE&en&da_DK&" console = 0 domainname 
> =
> localdomain hostname = localhost productIdentity = 20100301 productBuild =
> 5106R productLanguage = en productBuildString = "build 20100301 for a 
> 5106R
> in en_US"
>
> On the 12th, the host and domain names were correct, and the domain name 
> was
> quoted.  As of the 26th, they are incorrect, and neither is quoted.  Also, 
> I
> noted that there are files in /usr/sausalito/codb/objects/3 called 
> .hostname
> and .domainname that contain localhost and localdomain respectively.  On a
> dedicated server I have, those files are in /usr/sausalito/codb/objects/1
> and contain correct host/domain names.  This machine is currently being
> yum-updated to see if anything changes.
>
> The /etc/hosts file looks a bit strange to me with multiple lines for the
> same IPs, but then again I'm not confident in how it should look for a 
> VPS.
> And I'm certainly leery of manually mucking with it, resetting the name
> through the VPS manager, or otherwise modifying anything outside of BO.
> Here's a gander at the /etc/hosts, assuming 111.111.111.111 is a real IP:
>
> # /etc/hosts
> # Auto-generated file.  Keep your customizations at the bottom of this 
> file.
> 127.0.0.1        localhost localhost.localdomain
> 127.0.0.1               localhost.localdomain localhost-venet0.localdomain
> localhost-venet0
> 111.111.111.111           localhost.localdomain
> localhost-venet0:0.localdomain localhost-venet0:0
> #END of auto-generated code.  Customize beneath this line.
> ### Begin - Nuonce hosts Fix
> ###  End  - Nuonce hosts Fix
> 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost server1.mydomain.com
> # Auto-generated hostname. Please do not remove this comment.
> 111.111.111.111 server1.mydomain.com localhost-venet0:0.localdomain
> server1-venet0:0.mydomain.com localhost-venet0:0  server1 server1-venet0:0
> localhost.localdomain
>
> Any pointers to an easy fix?  I also just set up a new VPS and saw the 
> very
> same issue, so it doesn't appear to be isolated.
>
> thanks again!
>
>> Hey everyone - I'm running into something strange with a tarball
>> installation on an OpenVZ VPS.  Things have been running fine for a
>> while on this server, but at least of the last reboot something seems
>> to be amiss...  Instead of the actual hostname of the server, say
>> server1.mydomain.com, the BO interface, sendmail, etc. are now
>> reporting it as localhost.localdomain.  Other than yum updates, I
>> haven't changed anything configuration-wise since it was reporting
>> server1.mydomain.com, and I can't figure out what I need to do to
>> correct this.  Logging in via SSH, hostname still reports
>> server1.mydomain.com.  localhost.localdomain is obviously bad,
>> especially when it comes to email delivery, so I'd most appreciate any
>> insight on this!
>>
>> thanks
>> James
>
>

James

What happens if you rename the server and save the changes.
Then name it to what it is supposed to be again and save the changes.


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Ken M
Precision Web Hosting, Inc.
http://www.precisionweb.net