https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=420770
User kmachalkova@novell.com added comment
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=420770#c2
Katarina Machalkova changed:
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Status|NEW |RESOLVED
Resolution| |INVALID
--- Comment #2 from Katarina Machalkova 2008-09-01 09:01:41 MDT ---
The random sequence of characters was introduced mainly because of possible
integration of such computer into Microsoft ActiveDirectory domain. On joining
AD, if another client with the same hostname exists on the current network, its
settings are overriden with the settings of the newly joined one, which is
certainly not desirable.
Hence, to minimize the probability of hostname collisions, hostname proposed by
default contains 4 random characters. The needed degree of randomness could be
hardly achieved if usernames (or any other 'vocabulary' words) were used
instead.
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