Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 16:45:48 +0000 From: Andrew Boothman <andrew@cream.org> To: tw@ettnet.se Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Promt Message-ID: <3C9E02BC.5040403@cream.org> References: <02032415452000.00260@ppp-212-.ettnet.se>
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Thomas Widlumdh wrote: >Hi, >I use to login as root on "Alt+F1" and as user on "Alt+F2". >I connect the internet from the user. >Whole of a sudden, sometimes, the root prompt is changed >from an ordinary # to "ppp-212-#" >Why is that? >>From where does the prompt get it's name? > Its sounds like your ISP might be resetting your hostname when you connect to the net. I'm not sure, but try a 'host <your-ip-address>' and see if it returns ppp-212-..... If that's the case, you can tell dhclient to override the hostname setting, see man dhclient or ask again on the list. Andrew. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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