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Answer #1 almost worked, but netstat -nr shows my routing table, which does not include my own ip address. ifconfig shows it on the line after the one that lists the ppp device and after the string &quot;inet addr:&quot;, as does the last line of my /etc/hosts file (though the hostname is incorrect). I never learned awk by the way, perhaps you noticed.<br />

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Answer #1 almost worked, but netstat -nr shows my routing table, which does not include my own ip address. ifconfig shows it on the line after the one that lists the ppp device and after the string "inet addr:", as does the last line of my /etc/hosts file (though the hostname is incorrect). I never learned awk by the way, perhaps you noticed.


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When I run my script to dial up my ISP, it automatically assigns it an IP address, and I want to know how to make it automatically assign a hostname. I'm using a script that calls pppd and uses chat.
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When I run my script to dial up my ISP, it automatically assigns it an IP address, and I want to know how to make it automatically assign a hostname. I'm using a script that calls pppd and uses chat.

reassigning hostname for a dialup server

The variety of Linux distributions creates myriad issues relating to configuration and operations when computers are networked, not the least of which is the use of various network management applications, some of which are included with specific distributions, while others are standalone applications.