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On Sun, Dec 18, 2016 at 2:26 AM, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> I've grep-ped the whole of /etc, no mention of "Knoppix" there. |
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> I've also looked in /var/lib/NetworkManager/dhclient-enp6s8.conf to see what |
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> hostname NetworkManager sends to dhclient. No trace of "Knoppix" in there |
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> either. |
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> What else could it be creating or overriding a Local Address with one called |
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> "Knoppix", rather than what was set at installation time? |
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I connected my laptop to a friend's wifi network using dhcp and my |
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laptop was renamed "Tessa's iPhone". I didn't investigate further |
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(except that I set up a static address) but I suspect that some dhcp |
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servers push out a hostname along with an ip address without checking |
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the requester's mac address. |
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