[luau] dhcp-146-41

[W. Wayne Liauh]

I was helping one of my partners installing Red Hat 8.0.  This is a 
stand-alone machine with RR cable modem.

I noticed that, instead of the usual "localhost", the computer was 
designated, out of the blue, a name called "dhcp-146-41".  It was 
subsequently concluded that this was the source of all the problems 
(including inability to install printer driver, etc.)

If I unplug the cable modem and re-install Red Hat, then everything 
would initially appear normal (i.e., it will be given the "localhost" 
name).  However, as soon as I turn the cable modem back on, the host 
name would immediately change to "dhcp-146-41".  And during booting or 
re-booting, the system would try to load sendmail and samba server, both 
of which were never installed.  There are also other problems, including 
the messages of "cannot find server address dhcp-146-41" and "this 
system is controlled by another computer), etc.  If I do the 
installation with cable modem on, it would automatically install 
sendmail and samba, even though I only checked on the "personal" packages.

Anyone cares to take a crack?  I have an identical system at home which 
never had any problem.