DHCP configuration question

[Philip A. Prindeville]

Philip A. Prindeville wrote:
> Rick Stevens wrote:
>   
>> Philip A. Prindeville wrote:
>>     
>>> 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
>>>       
>> Huh?  All that does is disable NetworkManager.  It won't affect the
>> hostname unless the dhclient script changes it for you or you have a
>> hostname in /etc/sysconfig/network and run the old network startup code
>> ("chkconfig network on").
>>     
>
> The old network code is on by default.
>
> -Philip
>
>   

Also, have a look at where need_hostname gets called in
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-post ...

-Philip