This is sort of a duplicate to what I sent a second ago (our posts are passing each other). I did that and then rebooted. If I print out /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0, it looks like it takes it: # Broadcom Corporation BCM4401 100Base-T DEVICE=eth0 BOOTPROTO=dhcp HWADDR=00:08:74:B9:03:5A IPV6_AUTOCONF=yes ONBOOT=yes DHCP_HOSTNAME=execlinux TYPE=Ethernet USERCTL=no IPV6INIT=no PEERDNS=yes If I try to ping it, look what happens: [root@tup ~]# ping execlinux -----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Brian Mury Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 12:50 PM To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: How to get Linux host name written in Windows DHCP and DNS? On Fri, 2007-06-29 at 12:16 -0400, Arch Willingham wrote: > While in Gnome, I click on System > Administration > Network On the Devices tab, select your network device (you likely only have one, which is already selected), then click on the Edit button on the toolbar. In the window that opens, you will see a text field labelled "Hostname (optional)". Put your desired hostname there. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
