Keeping hostname when imaging

ccmiens

Hi,
How to keep hostname of XP host when imaging?
Regards

chad-bisd

Wait what? You specify host name when you register. If you have hostnamechanger options enabled in the fog client and the fog server, the host is renamed to match the host record in fog after imaging is complete.

ccmiens

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ccmiens

Hi,
Thanks for answer. But I missed something.
I imaged from GEA156 (host name) after fog client setup and reboot.
I enable for the group the hostnamechanger service, also for settings fog in other informations
hostnamechanger option is enabled in fog server and in fog client (enabled when installing).
I deploy for example GEA157 (link to GEA156 image). After imaging, GEA157 is renamed GEA156.
I don’t use AD, only workgroup.
How to debug this?
Ok I shall look at fog.log on host …
Regards
Ubantu 12.04
fog 0.32
XP hosts

moss

Are you using Sysprep when deploying hosts? Its usually best to do so and use the answer file to give the machine a random name.

ccmiens

No I don’t. Is it necessary for XP?

moss

Its usually recommended, but not doing it isn’t likely to be causing the host-name issue as I believe the unique identifiers etc which are modified by Sysprep are mainly used for things like WSUS.
Ive found its best to build a base image not based upon an existing machine, although if you’re Syspreping the image it shouldn’t matter too much if it was.

ccmiens

Hi,
XP host log file contents for hostnamechanger :

08/12/2012 10:49 FOG::HostnameChanger Attempting to connect to fog server…
08/12/2012 10:49 FOG::HostnameChanger Failed to connect to fog server!
08/12/2012 10:49 FOG::HostnameChanger Le serveur distant a retourné une erreur : (403) Interdit.
08/12/2012 10:49 FOG::HostnameChanger à System.Net.WebClient.DownloadDataInternal(Uri address, WebRequest& request)
à System.Net.WebClient.DownloadString(Uri address)
à System.Net.WebClient.DownloadString(String address)
à FOG.HostNameChanger.changeHostName()
08/12/2012 10:49 FOG::HostnameChanger Sleeping for 1 minute.

Idea, help! I see something like that here, but where?
Regards

moss

Have you changed any file/folder/firewall permissions on the server itself?

ccmiens

No,
I just update hosts file on XP host with server ip and server hostname. Testing in progress. I shall verify permissions on server itself as you say. Thanks a lot for help.

ccmiens

No firewall on server!

ccmiens

I wonder if setup client needs ip-server or ip-server/fog ? I try to morrow morning.

moss

I have our clients setup just using the default host-name (fogserver), /fog shouldn’t be needed.

ccmiens

Hi,
Help needed to debug. What to test, to verify?
0.32, ubantu 12.04, XP prof Host SP3. Imaging OK, Deploy OK. No firewall on XP and server.

fog.log
10/12/2012 15:27 FOG::GreenFog Sleeping for 1 minute.
10/12/2012 15:28 FOG::ClientUpdater Attempting to connect to fog server…
10/12/2012 15:28 FOG::ClientUpdater Failed to connect to fog server!
10/12/2012 15:28 FOG::ClientUpdater Le serveur distant a retourné une erreur : (403) Interdit.
10/12/2012 15:28 FOG::ClientUpdater à System.Net.WebClient.DownloadDataInternal(Uri address, WebRequest& request)
à System.Net.WebClient.DownloadString(Uri address)
à System.Net.WebClient.DownloadString(String address)
à FOG.SnapinClient.startUpdate()
10/12/2012 15:28 FOG::ClientUpdater Sleeping for 1 minute.
And so one for other services

moss

You could try running Wireshark (or tcpdump but Wireshark is easier) on the server to check if the server is actually receiving the packets from the client. Its probably best to filter to the clients IP as you will get a whole load of useless information shown.

ccmiens

it receives packets because “Le serveur distant a retourné une erreur : (403) Interdit.” the distant server return an error 403 Forbidden. Thanks for help. I think to go back to my old Rembo or to invest with Acronis. Too much time to resolve problems.

Fernando Gietz

Are you sure that you don’t have firewall?
[CODE]# iptables -L
Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination

Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination

Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination[/CODE]

You can do a ping from client to the server?

You can see a pretty info in /var/log/httpd/access_log, like this:
[CODE]10.227.15.30 - - [03/Dec/2012:16:19:16 +0100] “GET /fog/service/servicemodule-active.php?mac=18:03:73:1B:62:DC%7C08:00:27:00:B0:3F&moduleid=ho
stnamechanger HTTP/1.1” 200 4 “-” “-”
10.227.15.30 - - [03/Dec/2012:16:19:16 +0100] “GET /fog/service/hostname.php?mac=18:03:73:1B:62:DC%7C08:00:27:00:B0:3F HTTP/1.1” 200 51 “-” "-
"[/CODE]

ccmiens

Hi,
fog252@fog252:/$ sudo iptables -L
[sudo] password for fog252:
Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination

Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination

Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination

ccmiens

C:\Documents and Settings\USER>ping 10.1.1.252

Envoi d’une requête ‘ping’ sur 10.1.1.252 avec 32 octets de données :

Réponse de 10.1.1.252 : octets=32 temps<1ms TTL=64
Réponse de 10.1.1.252 : octets=32 temps<1ms TTL=64
Réponse de 10.1.1.252 : octets=32 temps<1ms TTL=64
Réponse de 10.1.1.252 : octets=32 temps<1ms TTL=64

Statistiques Ping pour 10.1.1.252:
Paquets : envoyés = 4, reçus = 4, perdus = 0 (perte 0%),
Durée approximative des boucles en millisecondes :
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Moyenne = 0ms

C:\Documents and Settings\USER>

Fernando Gietz

Ok you can make ping to the server. But can you see the webui from the client?
Open a navigator and try the next direction:
[I]10.1.1.252/fog/service/hostname.php?mac=XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX[/I]
Where XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX is the mac addreess.
What response the server?

In my servet the response is like this:
[I]#!ok=U103666 #AD=0 #ADDom= #ADOU= #ADUser= #ADPass=[/I]

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