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by **Logan Sh** » Fri, 07 Sep 2001 09:23:37

Quote:>Is there any way to define a hostname for a DHCP client machine... The
>DHCP server here doesn't push one out so Ialways have unknown, which
>givees me goofy problems.

Yeah, that is irritating. You can do this:

# patch -b /etc/init.d/network << END_OF_PATCH
*** network Wed Apr 18 07:50:24 2001
--- network Wed Sep 5 19:19:49 2001
***************
*** 834,840 ****
# name, default to "unknown"
#
if [ -z "$hostname" ]; then
! hostname="unknown"
fi

/sbin/uname -S $hostname
--- 834,845 ----
# name, default to "unknown"
#
if [ -z "$hostname" ]; then
! hostname="`shcat /etc/nodename 2>/dev/null`"
!
! if [ -z "$hostname" ]
! then
! hostname="unknown"
! fi
fi

/sbin/uname -S $hostname
END_OF_PATCH

Or do it manually if you want.

- Logan
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by **destroyedlol** » Fri, 07 Sep 2001 18:10:14

> >Is there any way to define a hostname for a DHCP client machine... The
> >DHCP server here doesn't push one out so Ialways have unknown, which
> >givees me goofy problems.

> Yeah, that is irritating.

As now my worstation work w/ DHCP and all, I will write a FAQ about such
questions. But I need someone to correct my mispelling ...

Lolo (when I have some time)

by **gary drummon** » Sat, 22 Sep 2001 03:59:04

> > >Is there any way to define a hostname for a DHCP client machine... The
> > >DHCP server here doesn't push one out so Ialways have unknown, which
> > >givees me goofy problems.

> > Yeah, that is irritating.

> As now my worstation work w/ DHCP and all, I will write a FAQ about such
> questions. But I need someone to correct my mispelling ...

> Lolo (when I have some time)

man dhcpagent

For some, entering the host name desired in /etc/default/dhcpagent works.
.
.
CLIENT_ID="my-host-name"
.
.

Gary

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