option host-name "foo.foo.com"

The hostname needs to be in quotes.  Change this up in your dhcp.template to
have quotes around them.

On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 9:08 AM, Jeff Schroeder <[email protected]>wrote:

> On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 2:10 AM, Gareth Armstrong
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hello Folks,
> >
> > first off a big thanks for this very fine piece of software that is
> > cobbler.  I am currently playing with it as part of an investigation for
> my
> > team and it impresses me more and more.  That said, I think I may have a
> bug
> > for you.
> >
> > In summary dhcpd chokes after a cobbler sync when you add a system with a
> > full domain name using the "--hostname" option of cobbler system add.
> This
> > is because "option host-name" in dhcpd only takes the machine name.
> >
> > Below is a transcript of the commands used to illustrate the bug and a
> patch
> > that corrects the behavior.
> >
> > Many thanks in-advance,
> >
> > Gareth
> >
> > cobbler system add --name=donkey11 --mac=XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX --ip=1.2.3.4 \
> >  --hostname=donkey11.somewhere.com \
> >  --dns-name=donkey11.somewhere.com --profile=hocoe-rhel5.3-i386
> > --dhcp-tag=subnet2
> >
> > cobbler sync
> >
> > /usr/sbin/dhcpd -t failed
> > cobbler trigger failed: cobbler.modules.sync_post_restart_services
> >
> > May  6 22:15:25 repoman dhcpd: Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Server
> > V3.0.5-RedHat
> > May  6 22:15:25 repoman dhcpd: Copyright 2004-2006 Internet Systems
> > Consortium.
> > May  6 22:15:25 repoman dhcpd: All rights reserved.
> > May  6 22:15:25 repoman dhcpd: For info, please visit
> > http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/
> > May  6 22:16:18 repoman dhcpd: Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Server
> > V3.0.5-RedHat
> > May  6 22:16:18 repoman dhcpd: Copyright 2004-2006 Internet Systems
> > Consortium.
> > May  6 22:16:18 repoman dhcpd: All rights reserved.
> > May  6 22:16:18 repoman dhcpd: For info, please visit
> > http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/
> > May  6 22:18:38 repoman dhcpd: /etc/dhcpd.conf line 66: semicolon
> expected.
> > May  6 22:18:38 repoman dhcpd:         option host-name donkey11.
> > May  6 22:18:38 repoman dhcpd:                                   ^
> > May  6 22:18:38 repoman dhcpd: Configuration file errors encountered --
> > exiting
> > May  6 22:18:38 repoman dhcpd:
> > May  6 22:18:38 repoman dhcpd: If you did not get this software from
> > ftp.isc.org, please
> > May  6 22:18:38 repoman dhcpd: get the latest from ftp.isc.org and
> install
> > that before
> > May  6 22:18:38 repoman dhcpd: requesting help.
> > May  6 22:18:38 repoman dhcpd:
> > May  6 22:18:38 repoman dhcpd: If you did get this software from
> ftp.isc.org
> > and have not
> > May  6 22:18:38 repoman dhcpd: yet read the README, please read it before
> > requesting help.
> > May  6 22:18:38 repoman dhcpd: If you intend to request help from the
> > [email protected]
> > May  6 22:18:38 repoman dhcpd: mailing list, please read the section on
> the
> > README about
> > May  6 22:18:38 repoman dhcpd: submitting bug reports and requests for
> help.
> > May  6 22:18:38 repoman dhcpd:
> > May  6 22:18:38 repoman dhcpd: Please do not under any circumstances send
> > requests for
> > May  6 22:18:38 repoman dhcpd: help directly to the authors of this
> software
> > - please
> > May  6 22:18:38 repoman dhcpd: send them to the appropriate mailing list
> as
> > described in
> > May  6 22:18:38 repoman dhcpd: the README file.
> > May  6 22:18:38 repoman dhcpd:
> > May  6 22:18:38 repoman dhcpd: exiting.
> >
> > cobbler system remove --name=donkey11
> >
> > cobbler system add --name=donkey11 --mac=XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX --ip=1.2.3.4 \
> >  --hostname=donkey11 \
> >  --dns-name=donkey11.somewhere.com --profile=hocoe-rhel5.3-i386
> > --dhcp-tag=subnet2
> >
> > cobbler sync
> > Shutting down dhcpd:                                       [  OK  ]
> > Starting dhcpd:                                            [  OK  ]
> >
> > [r...@repoman modules]# hg qdiff
> > diff -r 00e6c2050399 manage_isc.py
> > --- a/manage_isc.py     Wed May 06 23:03:47 2009 +0200
> > +++ b/manage_isc.py     Wed May 06 23:06:17 2009 +0200
> > @@ -230,7 +230,7 @@
> >
> >                  interface["next_server"] = blended_system["server"]
> >                  interface["netboot_enabled"] =
> > blended_system["netboot_enabled"]
> > -                interface["hostname"] = blended_system["hostname"]
> > +                interface["hostname"] =
> > blended_system["hostname"].split('.')[0]
> >
> >                  interface["filename"] = "/pxelinux.0"
> >                  # can't use pxelinux.0 anymore
> >
> > cobbler system remove --name=donkey11
> >
> > cobbler system add --name=donkey11 --mac=XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX --ip=1.2.3.4 \
> >  --hostname=donkey11.somewhere.com \
> >  --dns-name=donkey11.somewhere.com --profile=hocoe-rhel5.3-i386
> > --dhcp-tag=subnet2
> >
> > cobbler sync
> > Shutting down dhcpd:                                       [  OK  ]
> > Starting dhcpd:                                            [  OK  ]
>
> Something else seems to be wrong. I don't think that patch solves the
> root of the problem. Say you have donkey11.site1.int,
> donkey11.site2.int, and donkey11.site3.int, etc... Your patch breaks
> that type of setup. We use system name and hostname == fully qualified
> domain name and it works like a champ.
>
> Out of curiosity, without your patch, does this work:
> cobbler system rename --name donkey11 --newname donkey11.somewhere.com
> && cobbler sync
>
> Are you using the default /etc/cobbler/dhcp.template? It looks like
> the template is doing something it shouldn't and generating a bogus
> dhcpd.conf. If you're not using a default template, can you paste it
> somewhere that we could see it?
>
> --
> Jeff Schroeder
>
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