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  • From: "Eric Sandall" <eric AT sandall.us>
  • To: <sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] still having host problems....
  • Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 09:49:20 -0700 (PDT)

> i've inserted echo statements into the /etc/init.d/hostname.sh file, and
> i have determined that hostname is run before the network scripts. i
> think that this is the source of my problems with the hostname being
> reset everytime i boot. is there a way to change the order here? and why
> am i the only one with this problem?
>
> Jeremy
>
> PS I use dhcp

Mine also changes names when I'm on my Univ.'s network, but at home (where
_I_ control the DHCP server ;)) it stays the same. It used always be the
same, no matter where I was, but now the script uses whatever DHCP
returns, rather than what I told it to use in /etc/hostname

-One of Four
a.k.a. sandalle

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