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Re: [BL] DHCP and Hostnames

From: 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org
To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [BL] DHCP and Hostnames
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 12:11:18 +1300

Jason Chall wrote:
>
> despite the fact that I set hostname in rc my BL3
> box doesn't get a hostname.

How exactly are you setting hostname in rc?
Are you executing hostname?

> I set it explicitly in hosts then it will, but since
> I am using DHCP I don't really want to do that.

Have you tried using the -H parameter for udhcpc?
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man udhcpc
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Cheers,
Steven

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[BL] Source for BL3 mailreader?, David Moberg, 02/18/2005
- [BL] hd problem, sindi keesan, 02/18/2005
  - Re: [BL] hd problem, sindi keesan, 02/18/2005
    - RE: [BL] hd problem, Jason Chall, 02/18/2005
      - RE: [BL] hd problem, sindi keesan, 02/18/2005
        
        RE: [BL] hd problem, sindi keesan, 02/19/2005
    - Re: [BL] hd problem, 3aoo-cvfd, 02/18/2005
      - Re: [BL] hd problem, sindi keesan, 02/18/2005
    - [BL] DHCP and Hostnames, Jason Chall, 02/27/2005
      - Re: [BL] DHCP and Hostnames, 3aoo-cvfd, 02/27/2005
        
        RE: [BL] DHCP and Hostnames, Jason Chall, 02/27/2005
        
        RE: [BL] DHCP and Hostnames, Rob Heard, 02/27/2005
        
        RE: [BL] DHCP and Hostnames, Jason Chall, 02/27/2005
        Re: [BL] DHCP and Hostnames, 3aoo-cvfd, 02/27/2005
  - RE: [BL] hd problem, Jason Chall, 02/18/2005
    - RE: [BL] hd problem, sindi keesan, 02/18/2005
- Re: [BL] Source for BL3 mailreader?, Paulo Orvalho, 02/18/2005
- Re: [BL] Source for BL3 mailreader?, 3aoo-cvfd, 02/18/2005
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- Re: [BL] Source for BL3 mailreader?, David Moberg, 02/19/2005