John Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am using dhcp3-client to pull the ip number and other assorted > information. However, I can't get a hostname returned from the dhcp > server.
It may not be sending one, since most clients don't care what their hostname is. Use a script to use the "host" command to pull the name associated with the IP and put it in any config files which need it, and restart any services which need to be restarted. (Applications generally don't care what the hostname is, so you won't be killing user apps.) This is really a fairly common setup. As I mentioned, Windows and Mac don't generally really care what the hostname associated with their IP is. Few applications care. So DHCP servers just hand out IPs, and most apps which need a hostname can do the reverse lookup. Unix is different in that it generally assumes a hardcoded hostname somewhere. -- Alan Shutko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - I am the rocks. If I were a landing thruster, where would I be? --Ambassador Londo. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
