[BlueOnyx:23568] Re: Bug - 5210R - Hostname

[Richard Sidlin]

> > >
> > > On my 5210R, I set it up with a hostname of pop.helpinternet.co.uk.
> > > Unfortunately, it keep changing it to any of the virtual sites (in
> > > Server Management/TCP/IP) that I have installed on that server. It
> > > seems to do it randomly. When I try changing it back in the GUI, it
> > > makes no difference. If I try changing it in the network or hosts
> > > file and rebooting, it doesn’t stick and reverts to a random virtual
> > > site name instead.
> > >
> > Hi Richard,
> >
> > That's very odd, indeed.   What's the platform you're hosting on?   Is
> > this a bare-metal server, or is it under some virtualization hypervisor?
> >
> On Hyper-V
> 
I thought I would try adding chattr +I to /etc/sysconfig/network and /etc/hosts files but that made no difference. The content in those files are correct but the hostname command still selects a random virtual site as does the GUI in TCP/IP settings. Anyone care to offer an opinion :-)