[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
>Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2004 2:44 PM
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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.
>>
>>
>
>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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