Re: Handing out host names

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On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 11:18:26AM -0600, Caleb Groom wrote:
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> Server: Red Hat v8.0 with dhcp-3.0pl1-15 installed
> Client: Red Hat v8.0
> 
> Here's my /etc/dhcpd.conf, MAC addressed changed to protect the
> innocent:
> 
> --
> ddns-update-style none;
> subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
>         option domain-name-servers 192.168.1.200;
>         option routers 192.168.1.1;
>         option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
>         option domain-name "mydomain.org";
> 
>         range 192.168.1.10 192.168.1.50;
>         next-server server.mydomain.org;
> 
>         host server {
>                 hardware ethernet XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:00;
>                 fixed-address 192.168.1.200;
>         }
>         host client {
>                 hardware ethernet XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:01;
>                 fixed-address 192.168.1.201;
>         }
> }
> --
> 
> When "client" boots up it's being assigned the 192.168.1.201 IP address
> so I know I have the correct MAC address entered, however, it's hostname
> is not being set to client.mydomain.org.  It stays
> localhost.localdomain.
> 
> What am I doing wrong?

Are you sure your dhcp client tries to change the hostname?
For example, dhcpcd's default is not to, unless given the '-H' option.

> 
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> Caleb Groom <caleb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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