-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Buchan Milne wrote: > Greg Meyer wrote: >>>Greg, I installed rc2 last night, and there are two issues I see so far >>>1)No way to set DHCP_HOSTNAME in >>>/etc/syconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth? except manually. >>>2)HOSTNAME is not set in /etc/sysconfig/network >>> >> >>These values don't seem to be set no matter what is entered in > > drakconnect. > >>If I enter them manually though, they still don't take effect. This > > is not > >>my router either, because if I look at the dhcp table of the router, the >>hostnames of my 9.0 and Windows machines are entered correctly >> >> >> >> >>>IMHO, HOSTNAME should be set there if the user entered a zeroconf >>>hostname, and drakconnect should have a dialog something like "This >>>network interface requires a hostname to be sent with the DHCP request" >>>with a field to enter a name there, which goes in DHCP_HOSTNAME in >>>/etc/syconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth?. >>> >> >>It seems to me there should also be an entry in dhclient-eth0.conf to > > tell the > >>dhcp client to send the requested hostname. >> >> > > > No need: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] bgmilne]# grep -i hostname > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 > NEEDHOSTNAME=yes > DHCP_HOSTNAME=bgmilne-thinkpad > [EMAIL PROTECTED] bgmilne]# cat /etc/dhclient-eth0.conf > send host-name "bgmilne-thinkpad"; # temporary ifup addition > [EMAIL PROTECTED] bgmilne]# vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 > (changed to bgmilne-tp) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] bgmilne]# service network restart > Shutting down interface eth0: [ OK ] > Shutting down loopback interface: [ OK ] > Setting network parameters: [ OK ] > Bringing up loopback interface: [ OK ] > Bringing up interface eth0: [ OK ] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] bgmilne]# grep -i hostname > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 > NEEDHOSTNAME=yes > DHCP_HOSTNAME=bgmilne-tp > [EMAIL PROTECTED] bgmilne]# cat /etc/dhclient-eth0.conf > send host-name "bgmilne-tp"; # temporary ifup addition > > The scripts fdo it for you. > > Now I just need to see why our dhcp server isn't updating dns ... > > You will notice: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] bgmilne]# hostname > localhost > > hostname is not set, whereas I want it to be what I get from dhcp ... >
Note that 1583 is closed, I can't confirm it, I can only validate it, so instead I confirmed 2585 which is a better description of the bug (zeroconf hostname not being set as the hostname). Regards, Buchan - -- |--------------Another happy Mandrake Club member--------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x121 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE+aLOlrJK6UGDSBKcRAtTNAKC5UefxsZgUQs28t7UsIvLMZYhP8ACfb+ts DTkRiIKrNXze9gQYnjdWdIY= =uzJy -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
