On Sun, 3 Nov 2002, Devin Henderson wrote: > Just installed RH 8.0. Every time I boot my hostname changes from > localhost.localdomain to x1-6-00-08-0e-d5-de-77. During boot the line > 'Setting hostname localhost.localdomains [OK]' appears but when the OS > is finally booted the hostname is wrong again. I checked the files in > /etc that I thought would be involved but they all look correct with > localhost.localdomain as the hostname. I have a cable modem hooked up > through USB. could this somehow be resetting the hostname? How can I get > it to stay localhost.localdomain? I'm getting an error every time I > login that says the address x1-6-00-08-0e-d5-de-77 could not be found > and I have to click 'Login anyway'. Can anyone help? Thanks.
Your DHCP for your cablemodem is assigning you that address, probably. The name "localhost" will still work, as it is not a real hostname, just a universal alias for 127.0.0.1. Try setting a real hostname and see if DHCP still overrides it. -- \ \/ / _ |~\ _ In God We Trust. All Others Pay Cash. > < / \|\ /|+-< | | "The world is a comedy to those that think, / /\ \\_/| \/ ||__)|_| a tragedy to those who feel." - Horace Walpole -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@;redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
