Leveraging system hostname as part of a jail's hostname

[Erich Dollansky]

Hi,

I use a script that generates the configuration file when the jail is
created.

This should work for you too.

Erich


 On Tue, 19 Jun 2018 22:41:15 -0400
Joseph Ward <jbwlists at hilltopgroup.com> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> 
> I have several jails, configured via jail.conf, whose hostname I want
> to make: $name.$system_hostname.
> 
> Is there a way to do this in jail.conf?   If I use:
> 
> host = inherit;
> 
> the hostnames of the jails all match the hostname of the system.  I
> tried using:
> 
> host.hostname = $name;
> host.domainname = inherit;
> 
> but the hostname ends up just being $name (expanded, of course).
> 
> Trying:
> 
> host = inherit;
> host.hostname = $name;
> 
> ended up with simply $name as well, with the "inherit" ignored.
> 
> So, am I missing something? 
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Joseph
> 
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