[Bug 420770] New: Default Hostname
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=420770 Summary: Default Hostname Product: openSUSE 11.0 Version: Final Platform: All OS/Version: openSUSE 11.0 Status: NEW Severity: Enhancement Priority: P5 - None Component: Installation AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: andrew@joako.net QAContact: jsrain@novell.com Found By: --- When doing an installation with "automatically configure" option (which is the default the user is not prompted to enter a hostname. Instead the hostname will be linux-[random sequence of characters]. I propose that instead of using a random sequnce of numbers the hostname be something more descriptive, perhaps linux-[configured username] -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=420770 User chrubis@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=420770#c1 Cyril Hrubis <chrubis@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |chrubis@novell.com AssignedTo|bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com |yast2-maintainers@suse.de --- Comment #1 from Cyril Hrubis <chrubis@novell.com> 2008-09-01 08:06:08 MDT --- IHMO this is workaround to some hostname related problems, moving to yast2 maintainers, they should know. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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 <kmachalkova@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution| |INVALID --- Comment #2 from Katarina Machalkova <kmachalkova@novell.com> 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. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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