Right, so follow the set of commands I sent along. That should get you set. Cheers, Harry On Jul 23, 2014 9:27 PM, mark <m.roth@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, Harry, > > On 07/23/14 19:32, Harry Hoffman wrote: > > On Jul 23, 2014, at 5:03 PM, m.roth@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > >> I have yet to find a simple way to do this, that was easy without NM. > >> I've found scripts... but no simple configuration file, nor RH docs, to > >> tell me how to have this automatically happen in the "correct" way. > > > > I think what you’re saying is that you want your system’s name to be set > > from the DHCP server. Is that correct? > > > > Check if /etc/hostname is present and has some value. If so… cp > > /etc/hostname /etc/hostname-`date -I` && rm /etc/hostname > > > > Restart networking/reboot and see if that works for you. > > > Yes, the dhcp server should hand it its name. And hostname only has, IIRC (I'm > at home now) localhost.localdomain. > > mark > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list