--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Copyright (C) 2007 Google Inc.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+# General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+# 02110-1301, USA.
+
+set -e
+
+TEMP=`getopt -o o:n:b:s: -n '$0' -- "$@"`
+
+if [ $? != 0 ] ; then echo "Terminating..." >&2 ; exit 1 ; fi
+
+# Note the quotes around `$TEMP': they are essential!
+eval set -- "$TEMP"
+
+while true; do
+ case "$1" in
+ -o) old_name=$2; shift 2;;
+
+ -n) new_name=$2; shift 2;;
+
+ -b) blockdev=$2; shift 2;;
+
+ -s) swapdev=$2; shift 2;;
+
+ --) shift; break;;
+
+ *) echo "Internal error!"; exit 1;;
+ esac
+done
+if [ -z "$old_name" -o -z "$new_name" -o -z "$blockdev" -o -z "$swapdev" ]; then
+ echo "Missing -o or -n or -b or -s argument!"
+ exit 1
+fi
+
+TMPDIR=`mktemp -d` || exit 1
+trap "umount $TMPDIR; rmdir $TMPDIR" EXIT
+mount $blockdev $TMPDIR
+
+HNAME="$TMPDIR/etc/hostname"
+MNAME="$TMPDIR/etc/mailname"
+
+# for hostname, we raise and error if the old hostname is not what we
+# expect
+OLD_HNAME="`cat $HNAME`"
+if [ "$OLD_HNAME" = "$old_name" ]; then
+ echo $new_name > $HNAME
+else
+ echo "Cannot rename from $old_name to $new_name:" 1>&2
+ echo "Instance has a different hostname ($OLD_HNAME)" 1>&2
+ exit 1
+fi
+
+# for mailname, we rename only if it has the old_name, otherwise we
+# ignore it (and assumme that it's a customized name)
+if [ "`cat $MNAME`" = "$old_name" ]; then
+ echo $new_name > $MNAME
+fi
+
+umount $TMPDIR
+rmdir $TMPDIR
+trap - EXIT
+
+exit 0