-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Will Francis wrote:
>> >How can I make it such that when a machine reboots and gets a new DHCP >> >address that the hostname will reflect that change? It's been bothering >> >me for years, but now it's become a major problem. >> >> That's an easy one, and yes, it's *$#*^% annoying. Drop the hardcoded >> hostname in /etc/hosts and in /etc/sysconfig/network. And *smack* to >> Red Hat for doing that. > >I appreciate your help, but I fail to see how this will help me. Each >time the machine reboots, it may get a new IP, and therefore have a >new DNS name. I want it to change the hostname to the proper DNS name >for it's IP, not just some arbitrary name I give it. My apologies for the ambiguity; I think my use of the term 'drop' was misinterpreted here. Let me rephrase: "_REMOVE_ the hardcoded hostname from /etc/hosts and from /etc/sysconfig/network, and *smack* to Red Hat for putting it there." Does that make more sense? - -d - -- David Talkington PGP key: http://www.prairienet.org/~dtalk/0xCA4C11AD.pgp -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 6.5.8 Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.75-6 iQA/AwUBPLILTb9BpdPKTBGtEQK89QCg6wtGTItnFhwfW2bqtDowaPI7CEEAoIiS t7d4AXbTNO4NlR99xApBReRa =A38t -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list