# Could not create node

**URL:** <https://community.openpbs.org/t/could-not-create-node/2129>\
**Category:** Users/Site Administrators\
**Created:** [May 22, 2020, 8:41pm UTC](https://community.openpbs.org/t/could-not-create-node/2129 "2020-05-22T20:41:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![adarsh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f07891/32.png) [@adarsh](https://community.openpbs.org/u/adarsh)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2020, 6:08am UTC](https://community.openpbs.org/t/could-not-create-node/2129/2 "2020-05-23T06:08:48Z")

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Please check this discussion

> [@Start pbs does not work](http://community.openpbs.org/t/start-pbs-does-not-work/2117/12):
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> It seems that the canonicalized hostname keeps changing. The server sets the administrators to root on the canonical name of the hostname when you set things up. Since you now get “unauthorized request”, the qmgr commands no longer seem to come from the address that name is bound to – possibly because that name is no longer resolvable because you changed things (is the host supposed to be “centos7” or “centos7-1”? Decide once and for all…) Ditto for your node: centos7 Mom = centos7.home You…

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