[Bug 760884] Re: Change of proposed computer name causes error

[Dan Kegel]

This happens here, too, if my ISP's "name redirect service" is enabled.
http://dnssearch.rr.com/faq.php
Disabling that makes the problem go away!

So the bug is that the installer is getting fooled by the DNS server's fake response.
Before trusting the DNS service, it should do a random lookup
that should fail.  If it succeeds, you know the service is lying.
Here's an untested patch against the previous version of ubiquity showing
one way to implement this.

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Title:
  Change of proposed computer name causes error

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: ubiquity

  When installing Ubuntu 11.04, Ubiquity proposes a name for the
  computer, by which it will be identified on the network.

  Changing this name causes an error: supposedly "the name is already in
  use on the network". This error shows for each and every name you try!
  So there's no solution.

  As installation is already well under way at that time, this is quite
  a nuisance.

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