Rolf Pedersen wrote:
Hi,
I was just provisioned with a cable modem/account, which uses dhcp, and my bash prompt now looks like:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
where the part starting with 00 is the HWaddr of eth0, according to
Yes. Your cable company's dhcp server knows your ethernet MAC address. It is assigning you a host name using your MAC address to ensure that the hostname is unique on its network.
You *might* be able to edit /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 and make sure there is in entry that looks like:
NEEDHOSTNAME=no
Changed this from =yes to =no
You would also need to edit /etc/sysconfig/network, and set the following entry (if it's not already there):
HOSTNAME=localhost
added this
Both of these need to be done as root (or use sudo). Finally, as root (or using sudo) run the following command:
service network restart
to restart your network services without rebooting.
Went to runlevel 3 to do this so as to restart kde (which is needed to see a change in the konsole prompt when I use hostname to change the host)
However, depending upon how the cable company is set up, their systems might refuse you Internet access if you have a hostname that they don't recognize.
I still have internet connectivity but the prompt and echo $HOSTNAME are still the MAC address.
Good luck.
Thanks.
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