Re: Hostname

From: George (boygeorgewGETRID_at_OFTHISyahoo.com)
Date: 08/01/04 

Date: 1 Aug 2004 00:51:21 -0500

"Schewdent" <dont@mail.com> wrote in
news:pan.2004.07.31.23.02.14.537930@mail.com:

> Hi,
>
> When I set up my Redhat 9 box, my hostname was set to just
> localhost.localdomain . However when I boot up now, after being connected
> to the Internet, I get a "Welcome to 3342-hello-myisp.com"-ish message,
> ie. it's changed the hostname to that (I'm still seeing the "setting
> hostname to localhost.localdomain on every bootup though). Can someone
> please explain the intricacies of what's going on? I know that the
> computer gets itself an IP address via DHCP, what's the program on MY
> machine that handles this, and how do I configure it?
>
> I want it to stop changing the bloody name to whatever my ISP feels I
> should be called at the moment. However,... I'd *also* like to know
> what name I WOULD have been assigned, if I want to, heh heh :)
>
> How do I do this?
>
>
> Thanks for all your help,
>
>
> Schewdent.
>

I had the same problem, using comcast.net cable internet. Someone told me
to go into my network settings, and add a subdomain (I already had it set
to localhost.localdomain). So I changed it to local.localhost.localdomain,
and now it works fine, comes up as local. I guess it's just a quirk of
some ISPs.

Geo

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