On Mon, Nov 10, 2003, Amichai Rotman wrote about "Host (re)name?": > Hi All, > > The DHCP client I am running for the Cable Internet connection took over my > host name. > > I tried changing it, no luck.
To change your kernel's view of the hostname (what 'hostname' or 'uname -n' return), run "hostname thecorrectname". However, this doesn't survive a reboot. During boot, Redhat (for example) set the hostname from /etc/sysconfig/network (if I remember correctly). In your distribution, it might be getting it from another file. So if your host name is reverting to the wrong value only after a reboot, you probably didn't change that file. > Keeps renaming it back to the DHCP client's name (dhcp-xxxx-xx). Maybe your dhcp client keeps making this change for you. Which client are you using? Did you try reading its manual to see if you can disable this? > How can I change it back to my favorite host name? See above. -- Nadav Har'El | Monday, Nov 10 2003, 15 Heshvan 5764 [EMAIL PROTECTED] |----------------------------------------- Phone: +972-53-790466, ICQ 13349191 |Two wrongs may not may a right, but three http://nadav.harel.org.il |rights make a left. ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
