From: Randall Parker 

Joe Hunt wrote:
> So, I don't know what name the
> firewall box may be referring to.  You linux box's host name can be
> seen by giving the command
>
>       uname -n

The response:

[randall{at}localhost ~]$ uname -n
localhost.localdomain

How could I set the name?

> The reason I suggested doing it this way (reserving an ip address for
> your linux box at the firewall) is that your linux box gets more than
> an ip address from the dhcp server (e.g. it gets one or more
> nameserver addresses, a gateway address, and a netmask), and I thought
> that it would be easier than configuring a static ip address on your
> linux box.

But if I configure a static IP address in the Linux box doesn't that make
it easier to configure SAMBA?

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