Ron said:
>
> My
>
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth
> 0 :
>
> # nVidia Corporation CK804 Ethernet
> Controller
> DEVICE=eth0
> BOOTPROTO=bootp
> HWADDR=00:11:D8:CF:C4:8C
> ONBOOT=yes
> DHCP_HOSTNAME=localhost.localdomain
> USERCTL=yes
> IPV6INIT=no
> PEERDNS=yes
> TYPE=Ethernet
>
> After rebooting my shell domain name
> is:
>
> [ron c-67-191-14-212 ~]$
>
> After using the System Configure
Network
> Gui:
>
> [ron localhost ~]$
>
> But after reboot it reverts back to:
>
> [ron c-67-191-14-212 ~]$
>
> -ron-
Alexander said:
Use a hostname which is not localhost or
localhost.localdomain. Else (in
your case actually) the DHCP client
network scripts in these cases
rewrite the hostname dynamically. Use
something like "core5.lan" or
similar.
Success. I overlooked the obvious again! Thank you so much,
[ron@core5 ~]$ uname -a
Linux core5 2.6.16-1.2080_FC5smp #1 SMP Tue Mar 28 03:55:15 EST 2006
i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux
[ron@core5 ~]$
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 :
# nVidia Corporation CK804 Ethernet Controller
DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=bootp
HWADDR=00:11:D8:CF:C4:8C
ONBOOT=yes
DHCP_HOSTNAME=core5
USERCTL=yes
IPV6INIT=no
PEERDNS=yes
TYPE=Ethernet
/etc/dhclient-eth0.conf :
send host-name "core5"; # temporary RHL ifup addition
-ron-