From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (nat-pix.rdu.redhat.com [10.255.18.200]) by listman.rdu-colo.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h524Tw524407 for ; Mon, 2 Jun 2003 00:29:58 -0400 Received: (from mail@localhost) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) id h524UOw15501 for blinux-list@listman.rdu-colo.redhat.com; Mon, 2 Jun 2003 00:30:24 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [172.16.48.31]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id h524UOI15497 for ; Mon, 2 Jun 2003 00:30:24 -0400 Received: from princenet.sytes.net (IDENT:0@rdu74-132-037.nc.rr.com [24.74.132.37]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id h524UOH15674 for ; Mon, 2 Jun 2003 00:30:24 -0400 Received: from princenet.sytes.net (IDENT:1000@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by princenet.sytes.net (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h524URfv006681 for ; Mon, 2 Jun 2003 00:30:27 -0400 Received: from localhost (lorenzo@localhost) by princenet.sytes.net (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) with ESMTP id h524URj9006678 for ; Mon, 2 Jun 2003 00:30:27 -0400 Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2003 00:30:27 -0400 (EDT) From: Lorenzo Prince To: blinux-list@redhat.com Subject: Red Hat and my hostname Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Loop: blinux-list@redhat.com Sender: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com Errors-To: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com X-BeenThere: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13 Precedence: list Reply-To: blinux-list@redhat.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hi. I recently installed RH9 on my laptop and love it! Now I want to install it on my tower which acts as a server for FTP, Mail, NFS to my laptop and www. However, the one thing that holds up progress now is the fact that I need to be able to use a consistent hostname even though my computer gets its IP from a DHCP server. This was fine with Slack, as the hostname could still be set with netconfig. However, RH only asks for a hostname if the IP is static, and if not, it picks a seemingly random hostname out of the air that is a big bunch of numbers and mess. What can I do to fix this? Is there a program that will configure this for me, or if not what script(s) do I need to edit to change this behaviour? Thanks, Lorenzo ----- > I'm an idiot.. At least this [bug] took about 5 minutes to find.. Surely, Linus is talking about the kind of idiocy that others aspire to :-). -- Bruce Perens in response to Linus Torvalds's