[luau] RedHat, RR, and Hostname

Warren Togami warren at togami.com
Mon Jul 28 08:04:01 PDT 2003


On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 06:30, Steve Anderson wrote:
> I have been trying to fix an issue that I have with my RedHat 9 system.
> The system is connected via cable modem to RoadRunner, so it receives a
> DHCP IP. The DHCP client also provides a hostname. The hostname is NOT a
> FQDN so Gnome/GDM will not allow me to login when the system is set to
> the hostname provided by the DHCP client.
> 
> I am able to log in into KDE fine, so I am not dead in the water.
> 
> I have tried a few different things. First I applied a startup script
> that seemed to change the hostname to the FQDN of the assigned DHCP IP.
> This failed to correct the problem with Gnome/GDM. 
> 
> Then I put a "local" HOSTNAME entry in one of the /etc/sysconfig
> configuration files, and added the host to /etc/hosts. So the hostname
> is of my choosing, but of course it is not a FQDN. At least this method
> allows Apache to run, but I can not login via Gnome/GDM.
> 
> Google searches found this same problem many times, but I was unable to
> find a resolution.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Steve A.

Run redhat-config-network (aka neat), go into your ethernet device,
under DHCP Settings uncheck "Automatically obtain DNS information from
provider" and provide your own hostname there and in the DNS tab.  Works
for me.

Warren




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