Re: $(host) getting set to the wrong value

[Mark Burgess]

$(host) is read from the kernel by a call to uname()

Mark

On Thu, 2005-02-17 at 14:02 -0800, Judith Lebzelter wrote:
> Hello;
> 
> We run cfagent(2.1.10) as part of an installation using 'systemimager'.  
> The $(host) variable is getting the wrong value.  The string it is 
> getting seems to be the name of the temporary boot system from 
> systemimager (SystemImager-autoinstall-system) rather than the system 
> name that DHCP already knows about at that point (testdev2-002).
> 
> 
> Here is the beginning of the output from the run showing the incorrect 
> host name:
> 
> Reference time set to Wed Feb 16 18:00:17 2005
> 
> GNU Configuration Engine -
> 2.1.10
> Free Software Foundation 1994-
> Donated by Mark Burgess, Faculty of Engineering,
> Oslo University College, 0254 Oslo, Norway
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Host name is: SystemImager-autoinstall-system
> Operating System Type is linux
> Operating System Release is 2.6.7
> Architecture = i686
> 
> 
> -----
> 
> 
> 
> These scripts work just fine on other distros ( RH-9.0, Suse-9.2)  but not 
> on Gentoo.  Also, once the newly installed system is rebooted, the scripts 
> do get the correct name, but this needs to work properly the first time.
> 
> How is this variable being set by cfagent?  Can (and should) I over-ride 
> the $(host) value on the command line?  I cannot seem to find it in the 
> docs.
> 
> Thanks,
> Judith
> 
> 
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