>From past posts, I beleive this happens when you chose a hostname which is already being used. Trying pinging a hostname before you set your machine to it.
Matt W. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tropick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 6:03 PM Subject: [uug] hostname blues > Im on byu's wired access connection from the dorm, and everyone else > seems to have hostnames of there computer (computername.rn.byu.edu). > For some reason mine comes out to be owen-udp0019432306uds.rn.byu.edu. > Is there any way for me to change this? Im thinking it might be some > samba or some option with dhcpcd? > > -- > Evrhet "Tropick" Milam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > ____________________ > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info: http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
