On Sun, 1 Sep 2002, Sam Carleton wrote:

> Ok, I created a /etc/dhclient.conf which contains:
>
> interface "iy0" {
>     request subnet-mask, broadcast-address, time-offset, routers, domain-name, domain-name-servers, host-name;
> }
>
> After reboot, the hostname is back to the dhcp-###-###.  And
> yes, iy0 is the NIC in question.  Any thoughts on what I am
> doing wrong?

Actually, that's good, since presumably it gives you a hostname that
reverse-looks-up to your IP number. With that, hosts will accept mail
from your sendmail client, among other things.

Frederick