Re: [Vserver] vserver-new reports a guest exists when it does not

On Monday 31 October 2005 02:49 pm, Tor Rune Skoglund wrote:

that was it! thanks!

it should take an already created empty subdir tho... gonna suggest that

> Mandag 31 oktober 2005 19:08, skrev Chuck:
> > this is on a gentoo system.
> >
> > i am trying to create a guest called support. i created the mount point
> > in /vservers, it is mounted and a clear, empty volume. i run this command
and
> > get this result:
> >
> > phoenix vservers # vserver-new support --hostname support --context 3920
> > --interface eth3:64.113.39.20/24
template /work/guest-stuff/template.tar.bz2
> > * Existing vserver installation found. Try --destroy
> >
> > support does not exist in /etc/vservers or in /vservers as a configured
guest,
> > the context 3920 does not exist either and the ip address is not in use.
> >
> > i have tried changing the name of the guest, the context number, even the
> > ethernet device still the same... its almost behaving like it has run out
of
> > resources or something but there are only 8 guests in operation.. this
would
> > be the 9th.
> >
> > what could be happening?
>
> Hmmmm, might be a similar problem that I had with vserver-new...
> I created the /vserver/newvserverdir as a symbolic link to a fresh
> and empty volume, and vserver-new complained. I found that it
> seems to just check if the directory exists, and if it does,
> it will not make a new server.
>
> So I tried --destroy, and it did remove the link, and created
> a new directory on the root partition. OK..... Well, anyway
> I did a manual mv of all the files to a symlinked dir and
> it seems to be OK.
>
> Possibly I bug in vserver-new this.... I don't know.
>
> Best regards
> Tor Rune Skoglund
> trs@datakompaniet.no
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-- 
Chuck
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and asked 'Why do you not get the viruses or the BlueScreensOfDeath
or insecure system troubles and slowness or pay through the nose 
for an OS as *we* do?!!', and I answered...'I use Linux'. "
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