#1049 Issue closed: HOSTNAME variable contains a dot in its name issue

Labels: bug, fixed / solved / done

gdha opened issue at 2016-10-24 14:11:

  • rear version (/usr/sbin/rear -V): 1.19
  • OS version (cat /etc/rear/os.conf or lsb_release -a): RHEL 7
  • rear configuration files (cat /etc/rear/site.conf or cat /etc/rear/local.conf): n/a
  • Brief description of the issue: when hostname contains a dot the HOSTNAME variable in rescue mode is different then in mkrescue/mkbackop mode (within rear)
  • Work-around, if any:
# hostname
client.box
# hostname -s
client
# uname -n
client.box

Internally, REAR defines a HOSTNAME as hostname -s, but REAR writes the uname -n to the rootfs/etc/HOSTNAME file. In recover mode the /etc/HOSTNAME file is used to define the HOSTNAME variable, which is not the same as initially.

As a result the /var/log/rear/rear-$HOSTNAME.log is not found.

jsmeix commented at 2016-11-24 17:55:

The issue is marked as "fixed"
so that I asssume it can be closed.

[Export of Github issue for rear/rear.]