fresh install (both OS and Zimbra) but zimbra-spell fails

[jholder]

Well, to trouble shoot all of you, might be difficult.

Do you get an error message?
Anything in the logs?

[mar9999]

I was running into the same thing on an install I was trying...

There was in the logs (in /tmp/install.log.####) a recurring: hostname: Unknown host message.....how foreboding.

Oops. I'd set the hostname on install to something other than what I'd then later setup in dns and /etc/hosts. [A week lapse between the fedora install and the zimbra install, and a weak lapse in memory, brought this about.]

Changing the hostname made zimbra-spell install like a charm.

Anthony

[datajarmarty]

I had the same issue, turned out that your servers hostname also needs to match what you put in the /etc/hosts file.

I'm using CentOS so edited /etc/sysconfig/network and then did
hostname new.host.name as it is in /etc/hosts

[newmember]

Originally Posted by datajarmarty

I had the same issue, turned out that your servers hostname also needs to match what you put in the /etc/hosts file.

I'm using CentOS so edited /etc/sysconfig/network and then did
hostname new.host.name as it is in /etc/hosts

Echo that:

vi /etc/sysconfig/network
and added
HOSTNAME=centos5.local

vi /etc/hosts
and added
192.168.0.115 centos5.local

works like a charm.

Cheers

[mark5.ohaeuser]

Check if the hostname of your machine corresponds with the hosts file.

like

cat /etc/hostname
zimbra2

cat /etc/hosts
192.168.1.110 zimbra2.mark5.de zimbra2

if you have a mismatch there the installation will fail !

Cheers,

Oliver