Problem with DHCP, /etc/hosts and GNOME
Satish Balay
balay at fastmail.fm
Thu Apr 8 20:52:45 UTC 2004
On Thu, 8 Apr 2004, Keven Ring wrote:
> >>> A quick browse through the networking scripts suggests that the
> >>> hostname will only change if it is "localhost".
> >> It's in the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/network-functions
> >> script. There is a function called need_hostname(). Returns 0
> >> if the current hostname is "localhost", "localhost.localdomain"
> >> or "(none)".
useful info. thanks..
> DHCP Client: Please set my host name to xxx.yyy.zzz.
> DHCP Server: No chance. Your host name is aaa.bbb.ccc
> DHCP Client: Screw you. I'm setting my hostname to mmm.nnn.ooo
>
> Fine. Is everyone happy now?
Exactly whats required for laptops :) - with one more step
DHCP Client: I'll make my own DNS entry in /etc/hosts for mmm.nnn.ooo
Satish
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