On 03/31/2012 02:07 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote:
> James Richard Tyrer wrote:
>> On 03/29/2012 03:38 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote:
>>> James Richard Tyrer wrote:
>>
>>>>>>>> I find that when I start : "dhclient" with the: "network" init.d script
>>>>>>>> that the host-name of my computer is changed to: "dhcppc<n>". I have
>>>>>>>> looked through the documentation and can not seem to find out how to
>>>>>>>> prevent this.
>>> You need to set up /etc/dhclient.conf. Do not request a host-name.
>>>
>> OK, that sounds like a reasonable idea, but that is where I started. I
>> have the file from the BLFS page: "DHCP-4.2.3-P2 Client Configuration"
>> installed and need to modify it. I thought that all I needed to do was
>> remove: "host-name" and "domain-name" from the: "request" list. The
>> problem is that this does not fix the issue.
>>
>>>>>>>> It would be nice if this page of the book addressed this problem.
>
> I can't get to this in a while. Would you please create a ticket in
> BLFS fo rthis problem.
>
I had the time to run this down today.
The problem is occurring in the: "sbin/dhclient-script" script which has
a conditional expression to reset the hostname. Part of it is:
[ x$current_hostname = xlocalhost ] || \
which results in the hostname being reset if it is the default: "localhost".
A good question is why am I using that hostname. IIRC, there was a bug
in WINE that was worked around by using that.
Is there a reason not to use: "localhost"? -- security?
Thanks for the help. I have had health problems and I don't seem to be
as sharp on these things as I usually am.
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James Tyrer
Linux (mostly) From Scratch
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