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[Jeremy Kolb <jkolb AT brandeis.edu>]

thanks. but how do i change the behavior? i think it's kind of unfair 
that it just ignores /etc/hostname, then what's the point of having a 
hostname file at all (if you are using dhcp this is, not static).

Jeremy

Eric Sandall wrote:

> > 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
>
>