Sorry to the rest of you, this is a bit off-topic... :-(
On Sun, 7 Feb 1999, David Leslie wrote:
> I am currently connecting to my ISP using ifup and ifdown. I seem to
> have a problem that my machine name changes (to line***.*@domain) and
> then I can't start new windows (X won't let me).
>
> I want to know how to get from where I am to using diald, and how to
> stop the name changing problem. Any help would be most appreciated.
I had the same name changing problem as you until I put a proper name on
my PC. It seems like Redhat (my version is 5.1) thinks that you shouldn't
use the name "localhost". From
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/network-functions :
----------------------------------------------------- need_hostname() {
if [ "`hostname`" = "(none)" -o "`hostname`" = "localhost" -o \
"`hostname`" = "localhost.localdomain" ]; then
NEEDHOSTNAME=yes
else
unset NEEDHOSTNAME
fi
}
-------------------------------------------------------
... and of course in the script /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup you
will find:
-------------------------------------------------------
if [ -n "$BOOTPHOSTNAME" -a -n "$NEEDHOSTNAME" ]; then
set_hostname $BOOTPHOSTNAME
fi
-------------------------------------------------------
Well, I guess Redhat has their reasons, but I haven't found any
documentation saying that "localhost" is an undesired name. Not that I
have been looking after I solved the problem. But quite confusing, yes.
It is probably not a bug but a feature :-), however it should be better
documented.
When it comes to learning diald, I don't have any other suggestions than
reading the excellent documentation and examples available for diald....
:-)
--
Regards, Tore Reimers http://home.c2i.net/treimers/
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