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Re: How does cfagent determine the hostname?


From: Mark . Burgess
Subject: Re: How does cfagent determine the hostname?
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 07:31:50 +0200 (MEST)

CFngine learns the hostname from uname() - e.g. uname -a.
So as long as there is some way of telling the host its
name you don't have t think about cfengine, it will figure
it out.

Normally you would register in DNS or you favourite directory
service.
M

On 22 Sep, John Borwick wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> I'm trying to automate a machine installation with kickstart and 
> cfengine.  In my %post section, the last two lines are
> 
> hostname `hostname --fqdn`
> cfagent -Kvq
> 
> This approach seems to work on RHAS2.1, but not RHEL3.
> 
> How should I set the hostname for cfagent?
> 
> Yours,
> John



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