Bug 895299
| Summary: | hostnamectl set-hostname --pretty "..." with a single-quote causes "Invalid Argument" error | ||
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| Product: | [Fedora] Fedora | Reporter: | Madison Kelly <mkelly> |
| Component: | systemd | Assignee: | systemd-maint |
| Status: | CLOSED ERRATA | QA Contact: | Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa> |
| Severity: | low | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | unspecified | ||
| Version: | 18 | CC: | alick9188, johannbg, lnykryn, metherid, msekleta, notting, ossman, plautrba, systemd-maint, vpavlin |
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Target Release: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | x86_64 | ||
| OS: | Unspecified | ||
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| Fixed In Version: | systemd-201-2.fc18.6 | Doc Type: | Bug Fix |
| Doc Text: | Story Points: | --- | |
| Clone Of: | Environment: | ||
| Last Closed: | 2013-05-16 02:59:04 UTC | Type: | Bug |
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- |
| Documentation: | --- | CRM: | |
| Verified Versions: | Category: | --- | |
| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
| Cloudforms Team: | --- | Target Upstream Version: | |
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Fixed in git. (In reply to comment #1) > Fixed in git. When will the update be available in Fedora 18? The issue still exists when using systemd-197-1.fc18.2.x86_64. Shall we walkaround it by manually editing the file /etc/machine-info? systemd-201-2.fc18.1 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 18. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/systemd-201-2.fc18.1 Package systemd-201-2.fc18.2: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 18 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing systemd-201-2.fc18.2' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2013-5452/systemd-201-2.fc18.2 then log in and leave karma (feedback). Package systemd-201-2.fc18.4: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 18 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing systemd-201-2.fc18.4' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2013-5452/systemd-201-2.fc18.4 then log in and leave karma (feedback). Package systemd-201-2.fc18.5: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 18 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing systemd-201-2.fc18.5' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2013-5452/systemd-201-2.fc18.5 then log in and leave karma (feedback). systemd-201-2.fc18.6 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 18. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2013-5452/systemd-201-2.fc18.6 Package systemd-201-2.fc18.6: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 18 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing systemd-201-2.fc18.6' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2013-5452/systemd-201-2.fc18.6 then log in and leave karma (feedback). systemd-201-2.fc18.6 has been pushed to the Fedora 18 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. |
Description of problem: Trying to set the "pretty" hostname with a single-quote causes an error. ==== [root@an-c03n01 ~]# hostnamectl set-hostname --pretty "Alteeves Niche! - Cluster 01, Node 01" [root@an-c03n01 ~]# hostnamectl Static hostname: an-c03n01.alteeve.ca Pretty hostname: Alteeves Niche! - Cluster 01, Node 01 Icon name: n/a Machine ID: b7f473a7d24142beba31edcc5353f2fa Boot ID: 7a9d637f932e403085654cdd1bcd5f35 Operating System: Fedora 18 (Spherical Cow) CPE OS Name: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:18 Kernel: Linux 3.6.11-3.fc18.x86_64 Architecture: x86_64 [root@an-c03n01 ~]# hostnamectl set-hostname --pretty "Alteeve's Niche! - Cluster 01, Node 01" Failed to issue method call: Invalid argument [root@an-c03n01 ~]# hostnamectl set-hostname --pretty "Alteeve\'s Niche! - Cluster 01, Node 01" Failed to issue method call: Invalid argument ==== According to the man page, this should be fine. ==== the high-level "pretty" hostname which might include all all kinds of special characters (e.g. "Lennart's Laptop") ==== Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): systemd-195-15.fc18.x86_64 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. Try to set a "pretty" hostname with a single-quote. 2. 3. Actual results: Fails to set the pretty hostname. Expected results: Set the pretty hostname. Additional info: