[mythtv-commits] Ticket #10298: Can't reset/retire frontend/backend hostname-> upgrade faults

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#10298: Can't reset/retire frontend/backend hostname-> upgrade faults
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 Reporter:  harrycoin@…            |          Owner:  danielk
     Type:  Bug Report - General   |         Status:  closed
 Priority:  minor                  |      Milestone:  unknown
Component:  MythTV - Mythtv-setup  |        Version:
 Severity:  medium                 |     Resolution:  Invalid
 Keywords:  retire reset hostname  |  Ticket locked:  0
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Comment (by mdean):

 Host name is solely a logical identifier we're using to group together
 configuration information.  It can be any value you like (up to 64 bytes--
 where some non-ASCII characters takes multiple bytes).  In truth, it's not
 actually a host name in MythTV's eyes.  It's just a host identifier, for
 which, by default, we use the host name, since we can be reasonably sure
 that will exist.

 If you use the same system/network host name on the computer, but want to
 use a different MythTV "host identifier", create a LocalHostName override
 in your mysql.txt/config.xml file that specifies some other name.  Because
 of the confusion that constantly occurs over the meaning of "host
 name"/LocalHostName, I will be changing the name of LocalHostName override
 and some of the log messages to better describe the function of the host
 identifier.

 Note, also, we can answer questions like these in your thread on the
 mythtv-users list.  :)

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