[ale] DummyQ: How do I change boot-up HOSTNAME in RH-7.3?

[cegolf at ugholf.net (Chris Egolf)]

Charles Shapiro wrote:
> If you're unlucky enough to be talkin' to a Microsoft name server  and
> using dhcp for networking setup, you also need some perl-fu to get the
> name server's records updated properly when you boot. I wrote this
> meself, but I think it's also on the web somewheres.
> 

I *think* you can fix this DHCP problem by also including another line 
in the /etc/sysconfig/network file like this:

DHCP_HOSTNAME=myhost.mydomain.myTLD

I know you need this for dynamic updates to DNS using DHCP server 3.x 
and BIND 9.x, but I don't know about a Microsoft DHCP/DNS combo.  Maybe?


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