On Wednesday 13 August 2008, Dan Williams wrote: > 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?
The entry in DHCP_HOSTNAME is the same as my local hostname. Having this show up in DNS is a bit more than "just a convenience", IMO. _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
