setting up ubuntu dhcp hostname

[Tuomas Utrecht]

hi.
oooh that fixed it when i tried it. thanks! tuomas

On 8/30/06, gboyce <gboyce at badbelly.com> wrote:
>
> No, /etc/conf.d/* is a naming convention that I believe is specific to
> Gentoo.
>
> Assuming that you followed my earlier advice and it didn't work, try
> copying /etc/dhclient.conf to /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf.  I think they
> might have changed the location of the file during one of the releases.
>
> On Wed, 30 Aug 2006, Tuomas Utrecht wrote:
>
> > hi.
> > my friend said he just has to add his computer name to
> /etc/conf.d/hostname
> > in his gentoo. he showed me and rebooted and i could ssh his computer
> easy.
> > does ubuntu have this file? i cant find it.
> > thanks! tuomas
> >
> > On 8/30/06, dsr at tao.merseine.nu <dsr at tao.merseine.nu> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Wed, Aug 30, 2006 at 10:16:47AM -0400, Tuomas Utrecht wrote:
> >> > hi.
> >> > my ssh problem is i can ssh my address 192.168.1.104 but not its name
> >> and my
> >> > name tuomas. gboyce helped me but i cant get that to work. its hard
> to
> >> > remember the number everytime.
> >>
> >> Ah. You need name resolution.
> >>
> >> The two major methods available are DNS or a hosts file. The
> >> easy one is a hosts file:
> >>
> >> On each machine in your local network, add an entry to
> >> /etc/hosts or the equivalent (there's one in Windows, for
> >> instance) like this:
> >>
> >> 192.168.1.104     tuomas
> >>
> >> After that, "ssh tuomas" on that machine should work.
> >>
> >> -dsr-
> >>
> >>
> >> --
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> >> ..-. ..- -.-. -.-   - .... .   -. ... .-
> >> ..-.   ..-   -.-. -.   .-. -..   - .... ...   ..-   -.- -. .--   -.-.
> -..
> >>
> >>
> >
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