Re: [gnome-list] gnome vs. network

[Chuckles <chuckles xtalwind net>]

Hi,

	If I'm not mistaken this is a 'quirk' of RedHat's since 5.1.  I think
it's in RH's initscripts.  If your machine name isn't set or is set to
'localhost' then the scripts will reset the 'HOSTNAME' to your dialup
address when it's assigned on login to a ppp account.  A fix is to just
add a machine name different from 'localhost' to /etc/hosts.  (ie: 
127.0.0.1       yourmachine      localhost    localhost.localdomain)  

	Though I don't know if this is proper syntax for /etc/hosts it works
for me and several other folks I know.  Now when I log onto my dialup I
don't have to deal with RH resetting my machine name to my dialup mask. 
Setting a hostname in /etc/HOSTNAME never did work for me.  On login to
my dialup RH would change the hostname to the dialup mask.  Very
annoying!  

Gleef wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 20 Apr 1999, Bobby D. Bryant wrote:
> > Gleef wrote:
> > > On Tue, 20 Apr 1999, Bobby D. Bryant wrote:
> > > > I updated to all the latest Red Hat RPMs over the weekend, and I see two
> > > > problems:
> > > >
> > > > 1) GNOME now complains if I'm not already dialed up when I log in.  I
> > > > can't afford to stay dialed up all the time; I dial up *after* I log in,
> > > > and hang up before I log out (if not sooner).
> > >
> > > That's an easy one to fix.  ORBit is looking to resolve your hostname into
> > > an IP address.  Put a line in /etc/hosts for your hostname, and it won't
> > > bother hunting down a DNS server to resolve it.
> >
> > That's easier said than done.  I dial up to a rather large university's
> > computation center, where they run hundreds if not thousands of servers, so
> > every time I log in I'm randomly assigned a hostname of the form -
> >
> >     dial*.ots.utexas.edu
> >
> > If I understand your suggestion, I would have to put an entry in /etc/hosts
> > for each of the hundreds/thousands of possibilities.
> 
> A machine can have many different hostnames.  Try telling your machine
> that your hostname is localhost.  That way any local programs will think
> your hostname is "localhost" and your IP address is 127.0.0.1.  When you
> connect, all remote machines will think your IP address is whatever the
> university assigns you, and your hostname is dialwhatever.ots.utexas.edu.
> 
> Best of Luck,
> -Gleef
> 
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