This is the Linux app named genhostname whose latest release can be downloaded as genhostname-1.0.tar.gz. It can be run online in the free hosting provider OnWorks for workstations.
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genhostname
DESCRIPTION:
genhostname is a linux perl script running at runlevel2 boot and changes the computers hostname to PC-XXXXXXXXXX deppending on the eth0 mac address or the wireless network card macaddress there is 2 scrips in the download. install the one you need.
Features
- automaticly generate hostname/computername based on macaddress
- runs itself as root on runlevel 2
- automaticly changes name when network card is replaced(at boot)
Audience
System Administrators, End Users/Desktop, Other Audience, Management
Categories
This is an application that can also be fetched from https://sourceforge.net/projects/genhostname/. It has been hosted in OnWorks in order to be run online in an easiest way from one of our free Operative Systems.