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   Carlos E.R. to Woozy Song   
   Re: Suse Leap PC has new hostname "ubunt   
   20 May 23 13:49:02   
   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2023-05-20 06:25, Woozy Song wrote:   
   > Yesterday, I installed Leap 15.4 on a PC, it got host name "Unknown". I   
   > boot it today, and it is "ubuntu" WTF?   
   > I am wondering was it given a hostname from the ISP modem via DHCP?   
   > I have a whole bunch of systems with various distros. Only 4 can be   
   > plugged in at once, but would have used Ubuntu recently. And the modem   
   > has a pool of IP addresses that get recycled.   
      
   Your modem is giving it a name via dhcp.   
      
   Local name would be in "/etc/hostname".   
      
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