On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 20:42:09 -0400, Ben Vitale <bsvitale@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > If my cable provider changes my IP while the computer is running, what > can I do to update my local hostname? e.g., the part after bvitale.. > > [bvitale@pcp0010126256pcs ~]$ > > The reason I ask is because after the IP change, sendmail no longer > forwarded my local LogWatch messages properly, because it was trying to > send from a hostname that was no longer valid. > > Thanks, > Ben > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Get a free domain name at http://www.dyndns.org/services/dyndns/ and use the domain name in all your config files. and do not forget to install a client on your machine, so your dynamique ip-adress gets updatet in dyndns' databases if if changes. So will not have to do anything more if your hostname/ip-adress changes. But also do not forget to set the appropiate hostname you indicated to dyndns.org in your conf-files for sendmail and others. HTH Roger
