Thanks for all of you who have helped me. I solved the hostname problem
by using the "-c commandfile" option in the "dhcpc" init script in
/etc/init.d. Now if I can make the rest of the init scripts (particularly
xdm) wait for the hostname to be set (it takes the DHCP server about 15
seconds to c
Venkat> My linux machine is in a network where the IP addresses are
Venkat> assigned using DHCP. I use "dhcpcd" to get the IP address
Venkat> but it also mangles my machine's hostname (probably because
Venkat> the DHCP server is not properly configured). Is there a way
Venkat> to quer
Would work for the hostname command, I am unsure if you have a MTA
set up, which you would also need to change the hostname in.
do a "grep /etc/* | more" to see how many
files it is in. On mine it comes up in: HOSTNAME hostname mailname
hosts and ssh config files [which you can't 'properly' edi
Getting a static IP address is not feasible. Also to get the DHCP server
to return the right hostname might not be feasible.
Will it be feasible to get the hostname from the DNS once the IP address
has been assigned (either when I boot the machine up or when the lease for
the address is renewed)
My linux machine is in a network where the IP addresses are assigned
using DHCP. I use "dhcpcd" to get the IP address but it also mangles
my machine's hostname (probably because the DHCP server is not properly
configured). Is there a way to query the DNS server for the correct
hostname from the
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