Re: [Sheflug] Re: IP address via DHCP

[matt fairtlough <nospam [at] fairtlough.net>]

matt fairtlough wrote:

> Richard Ibbotson wrote:
> 
>>> but instead it was set to just pc-62-31-17-212-sh which isn't much
>>> use as an IP address though it did give me the information I
>>> wanted.  On the same theme, how do I change the hostname to
>>> something other than "linux"?
>> 
>> If this is SuSE 7.2 then all you have to do is change the 
>> configuration file with YaST.  Nothing more than that.
>> 
>> Open up YaST and look for the part of the menu that mentions the 
>> config file.  Then select start DHCP and that's it.
> 
Doh!:) I've just looked at the YaST screens properly and they provide a 
way of specifying which domains to search and the nameserver information 
as well.  I take several of my questions and a dig at YaST back.  Sorry!

Matt.

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