Re: [K12OSN] DHCP not sending hostnames to clients - solved
Richard Camp (rcamp@campworld.net)
Tue, 12 Mar 2002 20:59:36 -0800
I added the following line under the shared network scope in dhcpd.conf
to solve the issue.
option host-name = concat("ws",binary-to-ascii(10,8,"",
substring(reverse(1,leased-address),0,1)));
Each node now has a hostname set. Mosix or any other local app that
uses the hostname command now works.
Richard
Richard Camp wrote:
> I tried that in the global scope as well as the subnet scope. All other services resolve a hostname. Even booting a node to runlevel 3 for
> shell access for testing nameserver tests works. I've assumed that that this is not a major issue for this group so I also posted a
> message on the ltsp-discuss mailing list. The only time I see most people having trouble with this is when using local-app support.
> Some software may want to use the hostname function to get their ip address. I'm hoping I don't have to statically setup each client.
>
> Richard
>
>
>>On Sun, 10 Mar 2002, Richard Camp wrote:
>>
>>
>>>When I boot a client it's hostname is not being set. If I use the hostname option in dhcpd to send a test hostname it works. My
>>>configuration is the default as installed by the 2.0.1 CD. I need the true hostname of the node to get mosix running.
>>>
>>>Richard
>>>
>>Can you try adding "get-lease-hostnames on;" towards the top of /etc/dhcpd.conf
>>and let me know if that does the trick?
>>
>>Be sure to restart dhcp after making the change, of course ;-)
>>
>>-Eric
>>
>>
>>
>
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