Bug 71007

Summary:	Using dhclient should put an entry for DHCP_HOSTNAME in /etc/sysconfig/network
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Public Beta	Reporter:	Forrest <forresttaylor2000>
Component:	dhcpcd	Assignee:	Elliot Lee <sopwith>
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Description Forrest 2002-08-07 19:17:17 UTC

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Description of problem:
Using dhclient for dhcp should put an entry like:
DHCP_HOSTNAME=$HOSTNAME
in /etc/sysconfig/network.  The first beta worked without this entry, but the
second beta requires it for my DHCP servers.


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How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.  Use dhclient to get DHCP assigned IP address
2.  The hostname is not propagated unless I put a DHCP_HOSTNAME entry in
/etc/sysconfig/network

Comment 1 Elliot Lee 2002-08-08 16:52:44 UTC

The new behaviour would be correct. The default should be to not send a hostname to the 
DHCP server and to accept whatever hostname it provides - if you want to send a 
hostname to the server (which is needed with some broadband providers) then you need 
to set  DHCP_HOSTNAME explicitly.