On Wed, Oct 14, 1998 at 05:41:44PM -0700, Jeremy Blonde wrote: > However a few problems arise. They are using dhcp, which I can work > with (I get the ip address and can hit all the servers, etc.), but this > also leaves a record in the dhcp ip address listing in this format: > ipaddress hostname mac address > The Linux machine shows up like this: > X.X.X.X (null) XX:XX:XX:XX:XX Try running dhcpcd with the "-h <hostname>" option (man dhcpcd for more details)
> I'd like to not even use the dhcp server but I think that would mean I'd > have to setup the Linux machine to be a DNS server wouldn't it? I don't > know what that would do to the rest of the machines on our network, I > can't be messing them up or else I'll be in hot water. You'd have to have a static IP/dns entry...just try to get DHCP to work, it's the best way :) Also try putting the following line in /etc/dhcp/config HOSTNAME=foobar # your hostname here Worked for a friend of mine here at school... Brian
