On Jun 6, 2008, at 4:37 AM, Ian Eiloart wrote:

--On 5 June 2008 10:49:14 -0700 Dave Zarzycki <zarzycki@apple.com> wrote:

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Ian,

Does adding "kern.hostname=snow.uscs.susx.ac.uk" to /etc/ sysctl.conf fix this behavior?

davez

Yes, it does. Thanks!

I still have to maintain a file for each host, but I guess I've achieved what I wanted - a common set of files for automatic configuration based on host identification.

Ian, That makes sense. Until DHCP kicks in, the machine has no idea what the hostname is… davez