[oclug] Ubuntu client hostname?

[Glenn Henshaw]

On 4-May-09, at 11:37 PM, Andy Civil wrote:

> Glenn Henshaw wrote:
>
>>  There is a DHCP Client Id box in the network settings at the  
>> bottom of the IPv4 settings.
>
> Curiously, I couldn't find this. I looked in Network Settings, and  
> Network Tools. I found settings for the interface (eth0 in my case)  
> and IPV4 and IPV6 were listed, but I couldn't get properties for  
> them. I could select the protocol, but neither left-, nor right-  
> clicking on it would bring up any IPV4 settings.
>
> My problem is solved now, but I'm still curious to find this, if you  
> know where it is.

   For Ubuntu 8.10:
1) select System -> Preferences -> Network Configuration.
2) From the new application, select the interface, and Edit.
3) From the edit popup, select the IPv4 Preferences tab, and the DCP  
Client Id is at the bottom of the window.

   I believe that 9.04 is the same.

    ... Glenn

PS. The downside of editing the dhclient.conf file is that  
applications like Network Manager overwrite it all of the time,  
leading to confusion.

>
> Thanks.
>
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> Andy
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Glenn Henshaw              Ottawa, Canada
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