[mythtv-users] howto: Setting up a fixed hostname on rh9 box using dhcp

[Jarod C. Wilson]

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On Sunday 02 May 2004 03:33, Gerald Schepens wrote:
> My ISP has a bad habit of changing my hostname every few days.  When
> this happens, there go all my myth settings, including my capture card.
> Very annoying.
>
> In order to stop this from happening, I cooked up the following
> workaround, which others more knowledgeable than me may find objections
> with, and your mileage may vary.

I only object, because there is a MUCH easier way to get a static host name. 
Add "HOSTNAME=your.host.name" to /etc/sysconfig/network.

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