Re: Dynamic hostname
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On Saturday 10 August 2002 07:22 am, William Lacy wrote:
> I want to have my hostname assigned by the DNS server. This should be
> set up for me but I'm not sure how it works on my end as far as my
> computer knowing how to name itself, etc. In the past I have changed
> the hostname of a computer by editing a startup script but I can't seem
> to find it this time around.
>
> Basically, I am getting a domain name assigned by the DHCP server that
> reserves my MAC address- will Debian automagically figure this out and
> call itself that name? Also, right now the computer names itself
> something else- do I need to change this and where do I do it?
>
> Any help will be greatly appreciated!
Greetings William:
I think you can do this. IIRC, I did this on my gateway when I was still
attempting to get DHCP to actually work with my ISP via cable. The best way
is to RTM on whichever DHCP client you are currently using.
The client I used then was dhcpcd about two years ago. I don't know what is
natively installed with a Woody install, but you should be able to learn it
with: dpkg -l dhcp, then read the documentation that comes with that
package.
gl
tatah
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