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DHCP client seems to send "localhost" as hostname [released]

asked 2013-12-24 17:58:01 +0300

duesselschorsch gravatar image

updated 2014-04-13 11:00:02 +0300

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When asking for a DHCP lease my Jolla seems to send "localhost" as a hostname when asking for a lease. I'd prefer the bluetooth name for it, otherwise the Jolla is a bit difficult to reach when you have a name server that assigns these requested hostnames to addresses assigned by DHCP- I'm wondering what happens at a Jolla party with 30 localhosts ;)

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answered 2014-04-13 10:17:36 +0300

duesselschorsch gravatar image

updated 2014-04-13 10:18:57 +0300

Seems to be fixed with version 1.0.5.16 Paarlampi, now the hostname is set to "Jolla". Much better than localhost (I would still prefer it to take the name set in the Bluetooth preferences, though)

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My router is showing the hostname for ipv6 dhcp lease as "?". So I guess this isn't fixed for ipv6.

DeeGee ( 2015-05-09 04:01:55 +0300 )edit
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answered 2013-12-28 14:27:11 +0300

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This will be fixed in future update. Thank you

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answered 2013-12-28 01:40:15 +0300

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I can confirm that creating the file "hostname" into "/etc" folder you can assign a true hostname to the Jolla Phone instead of "localhost"

So : nano /etc/hostname Chose a name for your phone, save the changes, and reboot the phone! :-)

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This works, even if I can't use nano, had to "cat > /etc/hostname"

Juuba ( 2014-01-21 21:59:48 +0300 )edit
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Altrough it seems to something that needs to be added through an update instead of some commandline playing.

BonoNL ( 2014-01-22 12:22:02 +0300 )edit
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answered 2013-12-24 18:17:48 +0300

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updated 2013-12-25 16:33:37 +0300

I had a similar issue and fixed it with sysctl kernel.hostname=NAME and made it survive reboots by creating the file hostname.conf in /etc/sysctl.d/ with kernel.hostname = NAME in it.

Edit: I saw on the sailfish dev mailing list that creating /etc/hostname will also work. I haven't tried it myself though.

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~~I think (but don't quote me on that) that you're also supposed to update /etc/hosts and add the corresponding hostname to the localhost/127.0.0.1 line~~ (apparently not). Also, I wonder if there are any parts of Sailfish expecting the hostname to be 'localhost', that might break if it's changed...

FireFly ( 2013-12-27 18:30:21 +0300 )edit

sysctl solution works for me, haven't encountered any issues sofar

tiemen ( 2013-12-28 02:40:45 +0300 )edit

yep. using "echo your-loved-hostname > /etc/hostname" (as root ofc.) works as well.

etam ( 2014-02-05 21:13:45 +0300 )edit

This works just as well:

cat > /etc/hostname

yourhostname

ctrl-c

Juuba ( 2014-05-08 13:35:05 +0300 )edit
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