Ron said: >> >> My >> > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth >> 0 : >> >> # nVidia Corporation CK804 Ethernet >> Controller >> DEVICE=eth0 >> BOOTPROTO=bootp >> HWADDR=00:11:D8:CF:C4:8C >> ONBOOT=yes >> DHCP_HOSTNAME=localhost.localdomain >> USERCTL=yes >> IPV6INIT=no >> PEERDNS=yes >> TYPE=Ethernet >> >> After rebooting my shell domain name >> is: >> >> [ron c-67-191-14-212 ~]$ >> >> After using the System Configure > Network >> Gui: >> >> [ron localhost ~]$ >> >> But after reboot it reverts back to: >> >> [ron c-67-191-14-212 ~]$ >> >> -ron- Alexander said: > > Use a hostname which is not localhost or > localhost.localdomain. Else (in > your case actually) the DHCP client > network scripts in these cases > rewrite the hostname dynamically. Use > something like "core5.lan" or > similar. > Success. I overlooked the obvious again! Thank you so much, [ron@core5 ~]$ uname -a Linux core5 2.6.16-1.2080_FC5smp #1 SMP Tue Mar 28 03:55:15 EST 2006 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux [ron@core5 ~]$ /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 : # nVidia Corporation CK804 Ethernet Controller DEVICE=eth0 BOOTPROTO=bootp HWADDR=00:11:D8:CF:C4:8C ONBOOT=yes DHCP_HOSTNAME=core5 USERCTL=yes IPV6INIT=no PEERDNS=yes TYPE=Ethernet /etc/dhclient-eth0.conf : send host-name "core5"; # temporary RHL ifup addition -ron-
