Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 81477
The ability to override hostname from reverese-lookup
Last modified: 2014-03-16 22:33:31 EDT
Description of problem: I get an ugly unreadable hostname from my isp's dhcp-server when i get my ip-address. Therefore I was happy to see that there is an option to add an optional hostname to use when dhcp is in use. However, that feature seems broken or at least working in a non-intuitive way on my machine Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): redhat-config-network-1.1.86-1 How reproducible: always I suppose, haven't tried around much Steps to Reproduce: 1. install the system, http install, selecting dhcp in installation 2. open redhat-config-network, create a new dhcp connection (due to #81071) 3. enter a nice hostname (in my case ulysses.resare.com) in the Hostname field of the DHCP Settings box 4. Restart the network, or restart the computer Actual results: Hostname is still the ugly one provided by the isp Expected results: The nice hostname i entered in the box Additional info: ulysses.resare.com resolves to the ip that the machine recieves from the isp the old hostname is still filled in in the Hostname field in the DNS tab
the hostname is a hint for dhcp, which hostname your machine would like to have. I should change the field description or provide a tooltip for this. For your nice hostname, please talk to your local network administrator, to change the reverse ip resolution on your local DNS server.
Heh, for many (most?) of us talking to the reverse dns operator is not an option. A way to override what the reverse lookup gives us would be really nice. Changing severity to "Enhancement". ps. isnt c-541a72d5.01-60-6c6b701.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se a fabulous shorthand for 213.114.26.84 :P
could not be done within redhat-config-network alone. This is first initscripts or dhcpdclients job
Closing bugs on older, no longer supported, releases. Apologies for any lack of response. Changing the hostname to something else that may not necessarily resolve in DNS isn't something we'd specifically support.