what does /etc/sysconfig/network read like? Do you have a GATEWAY or
GATEWAYDEV set to anything (they should be set to nothing if you don't use
them).. I know the problem you're talking about because I had it too but I
fixed it easily... somehow.. I dunno if it was in the config of my eth0 or
if it was from that file.
On Tue, 10 Oct 2000, kf wrote:
>
> Though ppp works fine, when I'm connected, it changes my local machine's
> hostname, i.e., when ppp isn't running the "hostname" command returns the
> correct hostname, but once ppp is running the "hostname" command returns
> the name of host I'm connected to. When I exit from ppp, the "hostname"
> command goes back to returning the correct name.
>
> This strangeness also affects the loading of applications. That is, when
> ppp is running and I click on an icon to launch a new app, nothing
> happens, it won't load. Clicking on the same application works fine when
> ppp isn't running. I believe this is due to authentication failing
> (because these apps aren't permitted to run on the remote machine to which
> my local machine has been renamed).
>
> Ideas?
>
> tia,
> kf
>
>
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-Statux
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