Bo Ros�n wrote: > I have a strange problem with my host name. > When I installed 8.1 the other day I specified my host name, and it > shows up in the Mandrake controll center, netconf etc. > It does not show up in /etc/hosts (only the usual localhost...). When I > log into Gnome it complains that it can't find the interent address for > my system and that this could be solved by entering the host name in > /etc/hosts. I do so (and have done so previously in Red Hat), but the > next time I start the computer, mandrake resets /etc/hosts? > Why, and what do I do?
Are you using DHCP? (I might have the acronym wrong, letters interchanged or whatever.) I recall seeing somewhere that if you use DHCP, things like host name may get reset every time DHCP "runs" (like when your machine boots up). As I understood the correction, you need to set the host name and similar things (DNS server addresses) in the DHCP server. Just sort of a shot in the dark. Randy Kramer
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