How to get Linux host name written in Windows DHCP and DNS?

[Brian Mury]

On Fri, 2007-06-29 at 12:16 -0400, Arch Willingham wrote:
> While in Gnome, I click on System > Administration > Network

On the Devices tab, select your network device (you likely only have
one, which is already selected), then click on the Edit button on the
toolbar. In the window that opens, you will see a text field labelled
"Hostname (optional)". Put your desired hostname there.