----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob Ellis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2004 00:45
Subject: Re: How does a linux dhcp client know it's name?
icebiker wrote:
Hi,
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What is in /etc/hostname ? Usually setting this will help out a lot of services if they are confused about the name. E.G. I had to set mine to www.ellisbros.com to keep apache2 happy (not generating warnings in the log) about the name of the machine, even though I had previously had elllisbros.com in my /etc/hostname. I vaguely remember that a long time ago another service wanted to see a correct name in /etc/hostname (something that jives with DNS records) before it would start. Exim perhaps? I have no experience with aptitude.
-Rob
/etc/hostname said "flipper". I tried pasting the local domain name on (my DLink router has a field for local domain name), but that didn't seem to do anything.
I can't figure out how:
- the resolver gets the host name from /etc/hostname, if that's what's supposed to happen.
- the router gets the hostname from the box (it can get the hostname for all my Windows boxes). Does the dhcp request pass the name to the router, or does the router query for the name from the computer.
Does anybody know what package contains the resolv+ man page? Is it still called resolv+
I suppose I could set up static IP addresses, but that seems like giving up.
/icebiker
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