From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Mar 8 06:00:46 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id GAA16284 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 8 Mar 1996 06:00:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from sequent.kiae.su (sequent.kiae.su [144.206.136.6]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id GAA16277 for ; Fri, 8 Mar 1996 06:00:40 -0800 (PST) Received: by sequent.kiae.su id AA00889 (5.65.kiae-2 for hackers@freebsd.org); Fri, 8 Mar 1996 16:57:36 +0300 Received: by sequent.KIAE.su (UUMAIL/2.0); Fri, 8 Mar 96 16:57:36 +0300 Received: (from ache@localhost) by d133.z194-58-229.relcom.ru (8.7.4/8.7.3) id QAA01407 for hackers@freebsd.org; Fri, 8 Mar 1996 16:52:54 +0300 (MSK) Message-Id: <199603081352.QAA01407@d133.z194-58-229.relcom.ru> Subject: Dynamic IP address & hostnames problem To: hackers@freebsd.org (FreeBSD-hackers) Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 16:52:53 +0300 (MSK) From: =?KOI8-R?Q?=E1=CE=C4=D2=C5=CA_=FE=C5=D2=CE=CF=D7?= (aka Andrey A. Chernov, Black Mage) X-Class: Fast X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL11 (25)] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk I need to set my hostname *manually* after connecting with dynamic IP address to match it. When I make hostname as alias to localhost, several programs works incorrectly f.e. 'talk' produce user@localhost request which not fits. Does anybody have any ideas how to implement automatic hostname setting for user-level PPP and SLIP dynamic addresses? -- Andrey A. Chernov : And I rest so composedly, /Now, in my bed, ache@astral.msk.su : That any beholder /Might fancy me dead - http://dt.demos.su/~ache : Might start at beholding me, /Thinking me dead. RELCOM Team,FreeBSD Team : E.A.Poe From "For Annie" 1849