On Monday 11 March 2002 23:21, David Eastcott wrote: > On Monday 11 March 2002 05:54 am, you wrote: >> So, add a line like this in your >> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 file: >> NEEDHOSTNAME=whatever
> The -H option is meat for dhcp servers which supply a host name for the > computer to use, the -h option is meant for computers that tell the dhcp > server what name they use. > Since it sounds as though SI is using a mixed environment and the supplied > dhcp.conf file has no host declartions and it is attempting to update the > DNS server, my guess is that the -h is the desired option. In which case, > just set the DHCP_HOSTNAME variable in /etc/sysconfig/network to the same > as the HOSTNAME variable. (I am assuming the HOSTNAME is actually set to > the name desired for the computer). > I am using a very similar set up here and it works like a charm. Sigh, perhaps DHCP_HOSTNAME could be set up with networking at install time, so the machine acts `like windows', ie, `like everyone else' rather than `like the standard expects'. Cheers; Leon
