Feature changed by: Dainius Masiliunas (GreatEmerald) Feature #314699, revision 5 Title: Setting hostname during installation openFATE: Rejected by Christian Boltz (cboltz) reject reason: already implemented Priority Requester: Desirable openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Chris Gnineil (zerum) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Currently the hostname after installation is set to a random name with the syntax "linux.xxxxx.site". It would be nice if there is an option to set the hostname of the machine manually while the installation. Discussion: #1: Graham Davis (scarlet-jade) (2012-12-15 14:31:33) I'm a bit puzzled. It has always been possible to change host- and domain-names during installation; I think I've been doing it since SuSE 7.3 or thereabouts. When the installation stops at a page with with the names displayed in a couple of boxes, just overwrite them. #2: Christian Boltz (cboltz) (2012-12-15 21:13:40) The bevaviour you describe (random hostname) is part of the "automatic configuration" (I hope I rememer the name right - I usually do only "zypper dup" ;-) If you disable the automatic configuration (see the checkbox on this screenshot (http://doc.opensuse.org/documentation/html/openSUSE/opensuse-startup/images/...) ), YaST will ask you to enter a hostname and various other things. Since this option is already available, I'll close this feature request. If you disagree, please reopen - but for product "openSUSE distribution" instead of "openFATE" ;-) #3: Michael Catanzaro (golbats_everywhere) (2012-12-17 04:10:59) I've reopened. Glad to know this feature does exist, but I've never known despite having done several installs with both DVD and live CD. (Because I've never unchecked that box - the description makes it seem like the sort of box normal people shouldn't touch. :-) This is something most users will want to set (otherwise the terminal prompt looks pretty bad, especially since it ends in .site), so I think it'd be nice to split it into the main portion of the installer. Lastly, I BELIEVE automatic configuration is mandatory if you install from the live CD - this option should be available in live CD installs. + #4: Dainius Masiliunas (greatemerald) (2013-01-25 12:32:06) + Yes, this would be a good feature. Unchecking the automatic + configuration box means having to go through quite a lot of steps just + to change the computer's name. I'd think that the name should be set in + the same screen as the user password. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/314699