On Wed, 2008-08-13 at 08:54 -0400, Neal Becker wrote: > On Wednesday 13 August 2008, Dan Williams wrote: > > On Wed, 2008-08-13 at 08:46 -0400, Neal Becker wrote: > > > I'm testing NetworkManager-0.7.0-0.11.svn3846.fc9.x86_64. > > > > > > I'm guessing that the option > > > DHCP client ID > > > in editing auto ethernet/IPv4 Settings should set DHCP_HOSTNAME? It > > > doesn't (as shown in /var/run/nm-dhclient-eth0.conf) > > > > > > Also, I _do_ have DHCP_HOSTNAME set in > > > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0, but this seems to be ignored. > > > > Unfortunately dhcp client id and dhcp hostname are actually two > > different things. I'll check about the DHCP_HOSTNAME thing; if that's > > not working it's a bug. > > > > Dan > > If they are 2 different things, then what is the preferred method to set > DHCP_HOSTNAME? Seems reasonable to add it to the NM edit gui.
Is what you put in DHCP_HOSTNAME the same as your local hostname? If not, why? There's a limit to what stuff can be put into the UI, and I don't think having an entry for an option that we can likely probably scrape from gethostname(2) gets over the bar. The client ID is quite a bit more often used from what I can tell, because in many setups it's actually _required_ to get get real connectivity. The hostname thing is more of a convenience option to let you refer to your machine by a known name. > BTW, what is DHCP client ID then? An arbitrary identifier sent to the DHCP server to reserve a specific IP address for your machine, usually the MAC address or some other unique ID. The "dhcp hostname" option just sends a hostname to the DHCP server, which (if configured correctly) forwards that hostname on along with your IP address to a DNS server. Dan _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
