The dhcp package hasen't changed for a while so I'll assume you're running the latest. The only other thing I can think of is adding "request host-name;" to dhclient.conf, although IIRC, that's one of the values requested by default. You may want to check out the documentation at http://www.isc.org/products/DHCP/.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Shawn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 9:03 PM Subject: Re: Dynamic Hostname Assignment > On Fri, 2003-07-25 at 04:00, Mike Maltese wrote: > > OK, I see now. So you want your ISP's DHCP server to assign you a hostname? > > Or are you running your own local server? > > Yes, my ISP's DHCP server should assign me a hostname. I assumed that's > how it was done by dhclient on RedHat7.3/8/9 all of which just did this > automatically whenever I selected DHCP configuration of the interface. > I've been comparing FreeBSD 5.1's default dhclient-script to RedHat's > trying to discern if that's where the difference is, or if there's just > a subtle bug in the version of dhclient included with FreeBSD 5.1 > > I want to use dynamic hostname assignment so that my hostname will have > valid reverse DNS. > > -- > Shawn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > http://drevil.warpcore.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
