Re: nss_myhostname as default in Fedora

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On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 12:48 PM, Samuel Sieb <samuel@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 01/26/2016 09:47 AM, Andrew Lutomirski wrote:
>>
>> I still think that, for the default workstation use case, configuring
>> a hostname as a mandatory part of installation is counterproductive.
>> Would it make sense to improve support for hostname-less workstations?
>>   NetworkManager could take hostname=="localhost" or
>> "localhost.localdomain" to mean that DDNS should be turned off and the
>> client ID should be "MAC<digits>" instead of "localhost".Would it make
>> sense to teach NetworkManager to skip sending the client ID (or send
>> some compatibility value) instead of "localhost"?
>>
> It's not mandatory for installation. If your IP address resolves, it uses
> whatever hostname is returned.  If not, it stays at localhost.  You can
> manually modify that of course, but you aren't required to.  This works
> perfectly for me deploying computers with freeipa.  I set up the DHCP
> server, the installer picks up the right name and freeipa configures
> correctly.

This is rather awkward for laptops in particular.  It gets a bit
confusing when my laptop's idea of what it's called varies depending
on where I am.

--Andy
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