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From: Stephen Reynolds
Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 00:00

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As root I've set the hostname of my machine to Marvin but that doesn't seem to
stick, and upon reboot it defaults back to localhost. I don't mind that, but
when I connect to my ISP (camtech) the hostname - or a least the prompt -
changes to [spr@dialup-ad-13-54 spr] You will probably be able to see a
variation of the temporary hostname in the header of this message.

Can somebody tell me why that happens or is it normal behavior in Linux?

Steve

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Stephen Reynolds
Adelaide
South Australia

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From: spr@ozemail.your.pyjamas.com.au (Stephen Reynolds)
Subject: Hostname
Date: 1999/01/17
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