Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 811112
[RFE][virt-sysprep] hostname can not be changed on rhel system
Last modified: 2012-06-20 03:01:43 EDT
Description of problem: The hostname can not be changed on RHEL system via virt-sysprep tool. On RHEL system, "$type/$distro" has the value of "linux/rhel", which is not in the virt-sysprep support list. In the script, hostname can be changed only when: case "$type/$distro" in linux/fedora) ... linux/debian|linux/ubuntu) ... esac Suggest to add redhat-based linux system into support list, like linux/fedora|linux/rhel|linux/centos|linux/scientificlinux. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): libguestfs-tools-1.16.15-1.el6.x86_64 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. on latest rhel6.3 host, update to use the latest libguestfs-tool (1.16.15-1.el6) package 2. provision a rhel6 kvm guest (named rhel6u2-x64) 3. reset the domain with new hostname specified: # virt-sysprep -d rhel6u2-x64 --hostname=rhel6u2-x64.nay.redhat.com Actual results: Hostname not changed and no warning/error message printed. Expected results: Hostname can be changed. Additional info:
Upstream commit: https://github.com/libguestfs/libguestfs/commit/60b87d0a5c97a458cefb6c5d31eeede7709f5a3d This fix will be backported to libguestfs 1.16.16.
Verified with libguestfs-tools-1.16.18-2.el6.x86_64. Before fix (libguestfs-tools-1.16.15-1.el6.x86_64): # guestfish --ro -a rhel.raw -i cat /etc/sysconfig/network NETWORKING=yes HOSTNAME=oldinstance.example.com # virt-sysprep -a rhel.raw --hostname=newinstance.example.com # guestfish --ro -a rhel.raw -i cat /etc/sysconfig/network NETWORKING=yes HOSTNAME=oldinstance.example.com After fix: # guestfish --ro -a rhel.raw -i cat /etc/sysconfig/network NETWORKING=yes HOSTNAME=oldinstance.example.com # virt-sysprep -a rhel.raw --hostname=newinstance.example.com # guestfish --ro -a rhel.raw -i cat /etc/sysconfig/network HOSTNAME=newinstance.example.com NETWORKING=yes
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Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0774.html