weird hostname problem

[samsdb0]

ok, so my hostname is set to samsdb0-pc

through my school, my computer should then be assigned to
samsdb0-pc.computer.wfu.edu

however, for some reason, it is being assigned to AK-V7CA4.computer.wfu.edu

why would this be???

[Ari Rahikkala]

You're using DHCP, right? Check /etc/hostname and, more importantly, /etc/conf.d/net . Assuming you should get your hostname from the DHCP server and the device you use for connecting to the school network, you should have lines somewhat like these in there:

iface_eth0="dhcp"
dhcpd_eth0="-H"

That -H in dhcpcd_eth0 means passing the argument "-H" to dhcpcd, which in turn means forcing setting your hostname to whatever the DHCP server says it should be.
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[samsdb0]

i do have the iface_eth0="dhcp" line

there is also a line "dhcpcd_eth0="..." but it is commented out

should i uncomment this and put the -H option in?

[samsdb0]

i tried adding -h samsdb0-pc to the dhcpcd option...didnt work

[samsdb0]

anyone?

[Nickw]

I expect the DHCP has an entry in it's database to whatever machine was supposed to be on that IP (or was last on that IP).

Depending on the system admins set-up, you may not be able to change it - it it make take a period for the DHCP servers DB to be updated (you can also have a 'static' dhcp server!)

So what happens is if you query the(a) machines IP, the DHCP server return the name in it's DB associated with that IP... not necessarily the machines name attched to that IP.

Nick

[samsdb0]

well that now poses the question, why did the hostname work fine under windows....very odd

[samsdb0]

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