On Friday 07 March 2003 09:02 am, Buchan Milne wrote: > > > > 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. > Thanks for clarifying that
> 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 ... > And I want my dhcp server to take the hostname I provide and update its dhcp table, which it does for my 9.0 and Windows boxes. > >>This bug screws up the winbind setup (thankfully we do not yet advertise > >>the ability for a non-domain-admin to join a machine to the domain, but > >>it worked in 9.0, see > >>http://ranger.dnsalias.com/mandrake/samba/Integrating%20Linux%20into%20Wi > >>nd ows%20Networks.tar.gz ) > > > > I know and it works(worked?) great. I really enjoyed having my 9.0 > > machines > > > use my NT domain for authentication right from teh instalation. > > Any chance of testing this? Do you have an NT DC, or win2k? I have been > struggling to get my win2k installation to play along (took me about 4 > hours to figure out why it did not like my keyboad and mouse anymore, > but the win2k installation didn't have a problem with it). > Unfortunately, I will not be in a position to test this until Monday. Is that too late? Can anybody else do it? It *may* be possible for me to get an NT pdc set up at home over the weekend to do a test, but I cannot guarantee it. It would be a lot easier to just do a workstation install Monday morning at work, if that won't be too late. -- Greg
