setting up ubuntu dhcp hostname

[tuomas.utrecht at gmail.com (Tuomas Utrecht)]

hi! thank you!

i did not have that file so i made it and i restarted my computer and it
still happens. i have that other file but i dont know where to put my name
in it. i will use google to see if i can find it.

also when he tries to ssh using just my address he says it is refused so i
need to make a demon run that will let him. is that easy? should i try a
different linux?

thank you so much im trying to leearn its just hard!

On 8/25/06, gboyce <gboyce at badbelly.com> wrote:
>
> For my Ubuntu system, I added "send host-name HOSTNAME;" into
> /etc/dhclient.conf
>
> You should also be able to define a hostname variable in
> /etc/networking/interfaces, but I've never been able to get that to work.
>
> On Fri, 25 Aug 2006, Tuomas Utrecht wrote:
>
> > hi.
> > i just installed ubuntu it was really easy. my friend wants to "ssh
> into" my
> > old computer. he was at my house. he said i have to set my hostname when
> i
> > dchp and get my address so that the network knows my computers name.
> >
> > i keep searching and i found that if i run /etc/init.d/networking
> restart
> > then i can reconnect to my network. i also found that in /etc/hostname
> it
> > just says "tuomas" which is my computers name. and my name.
> >
> > can i tell the restart to look at that file so it tells my nic card to
> be
> > tuomas not 192.168.1.104? can i tell it to do this when it starts so i
> dont
> > have to do it every morning?
> >
> > im sorry i have to ask such an easy question but my roommate is gone
> today
> > and i want to start learning about linux. that is all he uses.
> >
> > thanks everybody! tuomas
> >
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