At Friday, 13 February 2004, Sam Halliday <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Sam Halliday wrote: >[snip] >> i am on a DHCP-served network and the server will always give out a >> hostname, but debian completely ignores that hostname; preferring >> instead to use the hostname "debian" which it set up during the >> initial install. >[snip] > >apologies all! > > /etc/dhcpc/config > >allows me to set these things... i recently installed dhcpcd instead of >dhclient which allowed me to do this. does that mean dhclient cannot set >hostnames/domainnames/DNS servers?? and also, why is that not the >default? > >
you know, you can change the hostname of the machine locally : /etc/hostname also, will nees to change localhost stuff: /etc/hosts -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
