Just for the record: one more reason to avoid duplicate hostnames is
that some DHCP servers (including ones run by some ISPs) (re-)assign IP
addresses based on the hostname a host supplies to it ("hey I know that
host, let's re-assign its previous IP"), and that could result in real
breakage when multiple computers get assigned the same IP address
somehow...-- Maverick ubiquity lacks option to change computer name https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/628087 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
