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

Gerald Schepens schepens at shaw.ca
Sun May 2 19:45:15 EDT 2004


Live & learn.  Though this more complicated solution does isolate the 
machine from future dhcp-initiated IP address changes.

So typically people would set their preferred hostname in 
/etc/sysconfig/network and thus avoid losing their system settings 
occasionally?

Johnny Lee wrote:

>I was about to say the same thing...  
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>Johnny Lee
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>[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Jarod C. Wilson
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>Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] howto: Setting up a fixed hostname on rh9
>boxusing dhcp
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>On Sunday 02 May 2004 03:33, Gerald Schepens wrote:
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>>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.
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>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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