I'm trying to do the same. I'm on a network on my computer name is wrks01
and I would like to change it to something creative. I tried adding an
alias of it but it wouldn't work.
Any suggestions?
Thanks
Patrick
On Mon, 29 Nov 1999, Tom Savage wrote:
> Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 20:14:32 -0500 (EST)
> From: Tom Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: how to control $HOSTNAME
> Resent-Date: 30 Nov 1999 01:15:14 -0000
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> Hello All
>
> I just recently installed SAMBA (2.05) on my RH 5.2 (intel) on my system, so I
> can connect to my Windows 98 system in the best possible manner. Well the
> installation of SAMBA was suprisingly(sp?) easy and I got things connected
> pretty much the way I wanted.
>
> One problem persited though, as SAMBA (smbd,nmbd) would suddenly stop working
> without any apparent changes on my part. all of a sudden, i would lose the abil
> ity to reach my samba services from my Windows machine. I would get an error
> regarding an "unknown host" from smbd.. (this is from log.smbd)
>
> [1999/11/23 01:04:24, 0] lib/util_sock.c:open_socket_in(854)
> Get_Hostbyname: Unknown host tim-annex-port16.vianet.on.ca
>
>
> Well I finally tracked down the cause:
> Of course when I connect to the internet using dialup to my ISP , my "hostname"
> would get changed to something like: "tim-annex-port16.vianet.on.ca"
> (I get a dynamic ip number from my ISP)
> My solution was to issue the following command:
> "hostname localhost.localdomain"
>
> Now finally for the question:
> Is there a way to prevent the above problem?
> If not, what would be the best way to keep my $HOSTNAME at
> "local.localdomain"?
>
> Thank You in Advance
>
>
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