DHCP configuration question

[Philip A. Prindeville]

Philip A. Prindeville wrote:
> Ok, dumb question, but given that my
> /var/lib/dhclient/dhclient-eth0.lease info shows that I'm clearly
> getting a hostname and domain name, why does "hostname" return
> localhost.localdomain (and "domainname" returns "(none)")?
>
> What do I need to enable to make this work?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Philip
>
>   

Asked and answered:

chkconfig NetworkManager off


that was anything but obvious...