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Bob_M_10973
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Mar 25, 2009

shell on F5 does not respond as normal shell

I would search the forums for this but the hyperlinks returned upon searches don't work..     This link:   http://devcentral.f5.com/wiki/default.aspx/AdvDesignConfig/LTM_Backup_Shell_S...
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hoolio
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Mar 25, 2009
The hostname command was changed in 9.4.2+ to an annoying alias suggesting you use the 'b system hostname' command to change the hostname. You can avoid this by using the full path for the real hostname command '/bin/hostname' or by using 'command hostname':

 

 

[me@ltm:Active] ~ uname -a

 

Linux ltm.example.net 2.4.21-9.4.6.401.0smp 2 SMP Fri Oct 31 08:15:59 PDT 2008 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

 

 

[me@ltm:Active] ~ hostname

 

Use the bigpipe shell utility to make changes to the system configuration.

 

For more information, see "bigpipe system help."

 

 

[me@ltm:Active] ~ /bin/hostname

 

ltm.example.net

 

 

[me@ltm:Active] ~ command hostname

 

ltm.example.net

 

 

I updated cmbhatt's script to use /bin/hostname as it's a bit shorter and more intuitive than command hostname.

 

 

I'm not sure what the problem is with forum searches. Any DC admin able to take a look?

 

 

Aaron