> Message: 7 > Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 22:33:06 +0100 > From: Andy Green <andy@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: New on cable. Bash prompt name changed? > To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Message-ID: <443ACF12.5020502@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > ron wrote: >> After setting up my high speed cable account, my bash prompt changed. >> How do I change it? Is the address: >> >> c-53-131-25-317.hsd1.fl.comcast.net >> >> my permanent "back" address? It does not seem to change. > It seems you get your address by DHCP from Comcast, and their DHCP > server instructs the DHCP client to change your hostname, the same way > that it can set your client DNS server address to use for example. > If your dhcp client app is dhclient > ps -Af | grep dhclient > which it is IIRC for Fedora, you can use a supersede keyword to defeat > the dhcp server from changing your locally preferred value. See > man dhclient.conf > Or another way to come at it is to mess with > /etc/bashrc > if you don't mind the fact your hostname changed but just want to > control the bash prompt. > -Andy > ------------------------------- Andy, I CHANGED THIS FILE: /etc/dhclient-eth0.conf I tried adding: supersede host-name "localhost.localdomain"; And: supersede domain-name "localhost.localdomain"; but it doesn't seem to work. What am I doing wrong? the original dhclient-eth0.conf file had one entry: send host-name "localhost.localdomain"; # temporary RHL ifup addition This is what my dhclient-eth0.conf file looks like now after rebooting: supersede host-name "localhost.localdomain"; send host-name "localhost.localdomain"; # temporary RHL ifup addition -ron-
