cvs commit: src/etc/rc.d hostname

[Daniel O'Connor]

On Monday 12 February 2007 22:39, Yar Tikhiy wrote:
> I have no idea how many Unix hosts allow their hostname to be set
> via DHCP.  I prefer to think that a Unix host is like a good ship:
> it never changes its name while furrowing the network seas.  A DHCP
> assigned hostname better fits crippled hosts such as diskless
> stations etc.

My laptop's name changes depending which network it's on. (ie the domain 
part).

It would be nice if it would try to get the name specified in hostname via 
DHCP (for dynamic DNS setups), if that fails check what the DHCP server gave 
it, failing that do a reverse lookup on the IP.

Unfortunately it's not easy to do that because of how /etc/rc.d/* and dhclient 
interact.. Furthermore X (for one) gets really annoyed when you change 
hostname..

(I can dream :)

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