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On 02/05/2013 11:16 PM, Jaap Keuter wrote:
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> Probably your DSL router picked up that hostname once it saw your machines
> MAC address for the first time (two years ago). It retained that info and
> fed it into it's DNS responder.
> Go into the DSL routers' management interface and look at allocated
> addresses, you probably find the name there.
i do not believe that is cause. as stated above;
}>> nowhere on my system do i have the name 'knoppix' assigned.
i consider the router as a part of my system.
also;
}>> it used to correctly show my assigned hostname until last update.
which should have read;
it used to correctly show my assigned hostname until sometime after
my last update.
right now, if i grepped every file on my system, the only places 'knoppix'
would show up are in the wireshark files i have saved and in the emails
in this thread. also, possibly in some other emails.
minor correction to above. in 'tmp' directory, files 'nscopy-1.tmp' and
'nsemail-3.tmp' contain word 'knoppix'. but those are where mozilla
thunderbird keeps temporary files for emails. :)
i should have mentioned that when i first noticed knoppix name, i opened
firefox and selected router address, http://192.168.1.254/, from bookmarks
toolbar to find that correct host name is shown.
plus, router determines host name from computers as that are connected.
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