On Sat, Jul 29, 2023 at 04:34:17AM +0000, Philipp Buehler wrote: > > To save mindboggling counting of 'f' or similar, just write this to > /etc/hostname.em1 > inet 108.181.26.178/28 > The ifconfig called from netstart will figure it out ;-) That's a headups > for everybody, so cc misc@. >
Hmm, I also have a newer server with the same company that does have a usable IPMI. I also have to change IP's with it too. It is running -current from a few weeks ago, so this is a fictional address except for the last three digits (168) 103.103.103.168/29 Right now, I have my first IP I'm using at 103.103.103.170 I put into /etc/hostname.em1: inet 103.103.103.168/29 /etc/mygate is 103.103.103.169 /etc/myname is network-moron.com I did not change /etc/hosts which just has the addresses from 103.103.103.170 to 103.103.103.175 added. I rebooted, but couldn't ping the server at any address. In IPMI, there were no network problems on the boot screen, but apache2 failed to start. ifconfig gave 103.103.103.168 as the IP address route -n show gave 103.103.103.168 as the gateway. For the heck of it, I changed /etc/mygate to 103.103.103.168, just to see if that provided any useful information. Same failed outcome, as I expected. .....later.... I tried every obvious variation I could think of. Nothing works except what I used on the other server. A couple of years ago I tried to do what you suggested with a script to swap back in the old hostname and reboot. I couldn't ever get it to work Since what I had worked (not what I really wanted to use with the aliases), I just blew it off. I took a good while with my brain in sludge mode last night to change some essential passwords and shut off imap, etc. I still lacking enough sleep. Having coffee, going to eat and probably go back to bed. I just wanted to try this out while I could. I wanted to post about this and then RTFM's later with a clear head. I did not change or remove what's in /etc/hostname which is at 103.103.103.170. Does that matter? -- Chris Bennett
