#10852 LOW 11.2.0-: Set hostname using /etc/sysconfig/network

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#10852: Set hostname using /etc/sysconfig/network
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 Reporter:  dsd     |                 Owner:  dsd          
     Type:  defect  |                Status:  new          
 Priority:  low     |             Milestone:  11.2.0-M4    
Component:  distro  |               Version:  not specified
 Keywords:          |           Next_action:  never set    
 Verified:  0       |   Deployment_affected:               
Blockedby:          |              Blocking:               
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 My attempt to set the hostname based on the wifi MAC address (as done in
 NM-0.6 in 8.2) for 10.1 was to read this during boot, set the hostname and
 modify /etc/hosts.

 This doesn't work any more for F14, NetworkManager looks at
 /etc/sysconfig/network, sees that no hostname has been set, so decides it
 should pull one from the network. When you connect to a network, it uses
 the hostname from your DHCP server.

 Probably a minor point but I'll fix it anyway:
  * /etc/hosts and /etc/sysconfig/network will be added to statetab.d so
 that we can modify those files at runtime without touching
 /versions/pristine.
  * During olpc root upgrades, olpc-configure will fix
 /etc/sysconfig/network and /etc/hosts based on the machine being booted

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/10852>
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