On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 8:25 AM, Jason Heeris <jason.hee...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 27 February 2012 20:50, Tom H <tomh0...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Aren't your users going to hate the random names? > > They won't be end users, but production staff. (I can certainly see > how you'd be sceptical of doing this for some poor end user...) There > will be multiple devices being built in a workshop, and they'll need > to be plugged into the network for tests and the like. Test results or > session logs can be retrieved via Samba or SFTP after they've > completed. Doing it this way means that production staff can quickly > log in over a serial line, write down the hostname *once*, and then > find the device later on the network. They can move it around, not > worrying about needing to write down the IP address each time the box > moves. And having a common prefix makes it easier to hone in Windows > Explorer, on a network that has all sorts of stuff connected to it. > > The clients themselves have other plans for the embedded computer, and > will most likely erase our stuff as soon as they receive it. > > (Perhaps I should have gone into all of this before, but you know how > it is when you're working on the same thing for weeks... you think > it's everyone must know what the bigger picture is.) > >> Will they know to use "<hostname>.local" for ssh/sftp? > > They will if it's written in the commissioning procedure ;)
Thanks for the explanation. It's a good plan but I think that you name'll be invoked in some non-flattering contexts once this is implemented... :) I forgot about your earlier question about a one-time hostname change. I think that this'll work: "cp /etc/rc.local /etc/rc.local.final" and "vi /etc/rc.local" to add your "/dev/random" hostname stuff followed by "mv /etc/rc.local.final /etc/rc.local". -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAOdo=szdhgotsz-nwjvc5an1fbbvow3iov6p0nr+-0mzfj4...@mail.gmail.com
