Re: Why does PPP changes HOSTNAME file.

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From: Bill Unruh
Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2000 00:00

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In <387AD8D0.3F13E0C6@ozemail.com.au> Derek Clarkson <spartacus@ozemail.com.au> writes:
>    I've notived that after I've made a sucessful connection to the net.
>My /etc/HOSTNAME file is updated to contain the full ISP address of my
>PC . I.e. slmel76p55.ozemail.com.au wiping out whatever was previously
>in the file. This has the effect of causing some applications to go
>looking for things on the web before my machine and also cause my base
>directory to be changed from the current users to /usr/bin.

You have not told us what it is you use to connect. Redhat tends to do
this if you have not given your machine a name. I would simply use a
base script to launch ppp and get rid of the superfluous garbage that
redhat, kppp, etc tend to clutter their scripts with.

(eg see the samples in axion.physics.ubc.ca/ppp-linux.html)

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From: unruh@physics.ubc.ca (Bill Unruh)
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Date: 2000/01/16
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