On 3/24/07, Alexander Boström <abo@xxxxxx> wrote:
> Looks like your ISP or local DHCP server is setting your hostname. By > default dhclient asks to be assigned a new hostname. > > man dhclient.conf > > shows you can create an /etc/dhclient.conf with a "request" line that > excludes host-name, that should stop it getting set. Nah, if you want a fixed hostname, you just set in in /etc/sysconfig/network by adding a line like this: HOSTNAME=my.host.name Much simpler. Anyway, Paul, figure out what your IP address (the numeric address) is by running: /sbin/ip addr It's the line that starts with "inet" and doesn't say "127.0.0.1". Then type this command (obv. substituting your IP address): host the.ip.address By default, your computer will set the hostname to what that command returns.
Thanks, Alexander. My /etc/sysconfig/network contains: NETWORKING=yes HOSTNAME=localhost.localdomain but # host 192.168.1.64 64.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer Unknown-00-14-85-38-2c-93.lan. # Any further ideas? Paul
