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| author | Joshua Harlow <harlowja@yahoo-inc.com> | 2012-10-10 16:59:40 -0700 |
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| committer | Joshua Harlow <harlowja@yahoo-inc.com> | 2012-10-10 16:59:40 -0700 |
| commit | fe1ec4d4cbb682731e8f65be5dab60f4593ed9d6 (patch) | |
| tree | 719a37911c99f9793604b3eebe4de9fc2167b1ae /cloudinit/distros/__init__.py | |
| parent | b2901994e4310c255a6edf64dcf35c7bf12295ef (diff) | |
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Add comment explaining why the '_apply_hostname'
function will not be permanent and catch the
exception that occurs if it fails and log that
instead of blowing up (which isn't typically
useful for something that is temporary anyway).
Diffstat (limited to 'cloudinit/distros/__init__.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | cloudinit/distros/__init__.py | 12 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/cloudinit/distros/__init__.py b/cloudinit/distros/__init__.py index 07f03159..c6427401 100644 --- a/cloudinit/distros/__init__.py +++ b/cloudinit/distros/__init__.py @@ -128,8 +128,16 @@ class Distro(object): raise NotImplementedError() def _apply_hostname(self, hostname): - LOG.debug("Setting system hostname to %s", hostname) - util.subp(['hostname', hostname]) + # This really only sets the hostname + # temporarily (until reboot so it should + # not be depended on). Use the write + # hostname functions for 'permanent' adjustments. + LOG.debug("Temporarily setting the system hostname to %s", hostname) + try: + util.subp(['hostname', hostname]) + except util.ProcessExecutionError: + util.logexc(LOG, ("Failed to temporarily adjust" + " the system hostname to %s"), hostname) def update_hostname(self, hostname, prev_hostname_fn): if not hostname: |