RHEL 7, networkmangler - trying to set hostname via dhcp

[Harry Hoffman]

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 at 5-cent.us> wrote:
>
> Hi, Harry, 
>
> On 07/23/14 19:32, Harry Hoffman wrote: 
> > On Jul 23, 2014, at 5:03 PM, m.roth at 5-cent.us 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 
>
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