On 04-Feb-99 Stefan Sichler wrote:
> 
> I can't put my hostname into /etc/hosts, for my ip address is not fix. 
> Because of the same reason, my hostname is unknown to the net, ie. I actually
> don't have a specific hostname, it varies from session to session. 
> 
> How can I fix/work around that?
> 

Place your hostname in /etc/hosts with any IP (i.e.: 192.168.1.1).  It won't
make a difference once pppd has finished negotiating the IP for ppp0.


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