Setting the DHCP Hostname on Linux

On October 14, 2008, in Code Monkey, by Tom

I’m always forgetting how to register my machine name with the DHCP server so I can ping my box without having to remember my IP address. Here’s how to do it on Fedora Core 9:

  1. Set the hostname: `# hostname <hostname>`
  2. Add ‘HOSTNAME=<hostname>’ to ‘/etc/sysconfig/network’ (makes the change permanent).
  3. Add ‘DHCP_HOSTNAME=<hostname>’ to ‘/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0′
  4. Restart the networking service: `# service network restart`

Volia! Now you can connect to your box via hostname.

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