On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 8:43 PM, Jason Heeris <jason.hee...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 21 February 2012 21:07, Tom H <tomh0...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> You can also change the hostname but you don't need to do so. > > At what point in the boot process is it assigned? I could write a script to > change it to "some_basename-some_random_ID" upon boot.
It's assigned by "/etc/init.d/hostname.sh". I think that the logic's that if "/etc/hostname" exists, assign it, otherwise assign "localhost", but this is from memory so not entirely reliable (I don't have at the moment a Debian box on which to check). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAOdo=swqmtiuadzq_d90pbybbj-brbn9clmbf9ejmshby+m...@mail.gmail.com
