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==== Enabling DHCP with Hostname ==== | ==== Enabling DHCP with Hostname ==== | ||
| − | + | * To set the hostname, do the following: | |
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| − | + | vi /etc/sysconfig/network | |
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| − | + | * Edit /etc/sysconfig/network to look like the following: | |
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| − | + | NETWORKING=yes | |
| − | + | HOSTNAME={hostname}.hypersecuresolutions.com | |
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| − | + | * Save and exit. | |
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| − | + | * Then edit your ifcfg-eth0 config file with the following command: | |
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| − | + | vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 | |
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| − | + | * Edit /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 to look like the following: | |
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| − | + | DEVICE=eth0 | |
| − | + | BOOTPROTO=dhcp | |
| − | + | HWADDR=00:E0:81:63:99:81 # This line is different for every card | |
| − | + | ONBOOT=yes | |
| + | TYPE=Ethernet | ||
| + | DHCP_HOSTNAME={hostname} | ||
| + | USERCTL=no | ||
| + | PEERDNS=yes | ||
| + | IPV6INIT=no | ||
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| + | * Save and exit. | ||
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| + | * Next, type in the following on the command promt to set hostname: | ||
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| + | hostname {hostname}.hypersecuresolutions.com | ||
Latest revision as of 01:29, 19 March 2006
Enabling DHCP with Hostname
- To set the hostname, do the following:
vi /etc/sysconfig/network
- Edit /etc/sysconfig/network to look like the following:
NETWORKING=yes
HOSTNAME={hostname}.hypersecuresolutions.com
- Save and exit.
- Then edit your ifcfg-eth0 config file with the following command:
vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
- Edit /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 to look like the following:
DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
HWADDR=00:E0:81:63:99:81 # This line is different for every card
ONBOOT=yes
TYPE=Ethernet
DHCP_HOSTNAME={hostname}
USERCTL=no
PEERDNS=yes
IPV6INIT=no
- Save and exit.
- Next, type in the following on the command promt to set hostname:
hostname {hostname}.hypersecuresolutions.com
