On Tue, 30 Nov 1999, Tom Savage wrote:
> This little problem is driving me crazy!
> I'm the original poster of this question and have not got an answer yet!!!
> In a nutshell here is my problem:
> When I connect to my ISP via modem my $HOSTNAME changes.
> Can this be prevented, and if not what is the best way to change the $HOSTNAME
> variable back to say "localhost"?
>
Redhat is a bit tricky/clever and decides that if your hostname is setup
as 'localhost' (or a few varaitions on a theme) then it should try adopt
the hostname of any new IP address you get.
If make your hostname anything but localhost the it will keep that name
all the time. Something entirely made up will work (as well as localhost
anyway) as long as it's in your /etc/hosts file.
Alternitivly you can edit...
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/network-functions
... where it defines the need_hostname() and set_hostname() function and
make them either check something else or always return false or what ever
works for you.
M.
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