Paul Smith 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.
Thanks, Andy and Chris. I do not have any /etc/dhclient.conf file.
A reboot does not improve the situation. The list of today's updates is:
Yes you don't have an /etc/dhclient.conf by default, no conf file means
all defaults, and the default is to ask for host-name as specified on
the manpage. Giving an explicit request line *without* host-name might
actually help you then. This can be as easily caused by changes at your
ISP DHCP server (if your box is directly on the Internet) as anything else.
-Andy
