Re: apparent change in hostnames on LAN without admin intervention

[Jape Person <japers@comcast.net>]

On 12/14/19 8:02 AM, rhkramer@gmail.com wrote:
> On Friday, December 13, 2019 10:04:18 PM Jape Person wrote:
> > > > Could this change be due to recent upgrades in software? (I upgrade
> > > > every day.) I've reviewed the recent upgrades listed in
> > > > /var/log/apt/history.log. I would have thought any deliberate change
> > > > of this behavior would have been flagged by listchanges, but I can't
> > > > find it.
>
>  From the peanut gallery (I don't know why I sit here): Of course!  That is the
> charm of sid / testing -- continuous changes, some of which might break your
> system.
>
> > > > I'm just a home user / hobbyist, but this change occurring without any
> > > > deliberate administrative action on my part makes the hairs stand up
> > > > on my neck -- just a little bit.
>
> Well, I don't know why you're using testing (I don't), but I'm surprised your
> hairs on permanently up ;-)

I've been using Sid/testing since long before I established this little network -- at least 12 or 13 
years. I've always enjoyed seeing the changes to Debian as they come down the road. The worst 
problem I remember having was when the framebuffer was introduced. The nVidia graphics card I was 
running in my system at the time had to be appeased. Took maybe two hours to fix.

But this made the old hackles raise because of the possibility that it could have security 
implications. It turns out that this problem has probably been caused by my own misunderstanding of 
proper use of naming conventions.

Thanks,
JP