also sprach nate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.10.23.0010 +0200]: > in my experience it is normal for a dhcp client to change it's > hostname when recieving a dhcp address. it's been a long while > since I used a debian system in a dynamic dhcp enviornment(most of > my enviornments are statically assigned ips via MACs with DHCP just > makes it easier and consistant), but in SuSE and redhat at least they > by default change their hostnames to what the dhcp server says. though > it is usually to a useful hostname that is the hostname of the IP in > DNS, but I suppose a dhcp server could override what the hostname > is sent out as.
the point being: this didn't happen before on the same system, and doesn't happen on another system connected to the same IP. both are using dhcp3-client. -- .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' : proud Debian developer, admin, and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than to fix a system
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