#!/bin/bash MAC=`/sbin/ifconfig eth0 | grep -o -E '([[:xdigit:]]{1,2}:){5}[[:xdigit:]]{1,2}' | tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]'` if grep -q $MAC HOSTS; then HOSTNAME=`grep $MAC HOSTS | cut -d\| -f1` echo "setting hostname to $HOSTNAME" echo "$HOSTNAME" > /tmp/HOSTNAME.$$ sudo rm -f /etc/hostname sudo mv /tmp/HOSTNAME.$$ /etc/hostname sudo chown root:root /etc/hostname sudo chmod 644 /etc/hostname sudo /etc/init.d/hostname.sh else echo "cannot determine hostname" fi exit 1