Re: Who is altering my hostname?

[Joachim Reichel]

Hi,

> Is is possible that this change of hostnames is somehow enfored by the
> virtualization? (Virtuozzo)

Yes, Virtuozzo is known to do such things. I use the attached script in
/etc/init.d with appropriate links in /etc/rc*.d (run the script very
early in the boot process).

Regards,
  Joachim

#!/bin/sh

. /lib/init/vars.sh
. /lib/lsb/init-functions

case "$1" in

  start)
                [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_action_begin_msg "local workarounds"
                if [ -f /etc/hostname.real ]; then
                        cp -a /etc/hostname.real /etc/hostname
                        hostname `cat /etc/hostname`
                        uname -snrvm > /var/run/motd
                        [ -f /etc/motd.tail ] && cat /etc/motd.tail >> 
/var/run/motd
                fi
                [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_action_end_msg 0
                ;;

  stop)
                [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_action_begin_msg "local workarounds"
                cp -a /etc/hostname /etc/hostname.real
                [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_action_end_msg 0
                ;;

  restart|force-reload)
                ;;

  *)
                echo "Usage: $SCRIPTNAME {start|stop|restart|force-reload}" >&2
                exit 3
                ;;
                
esac