"DHCP set the hostname"

[Carl Karsten]

Thanks.  Not quite as definitive as I had hoped for, but good enough.

Next Q: what are the implications of multiple machines with the same hostname? 
In other words: does it matter if they are all left set to localhost.localdomain?

Carl K

Tim Peiffer wrote:
> A read of the manual page for dhcp-option(5) and dhclient-script(5) is 
> useful.  An excerpt from the man page says:
>        option host-name string;
> 
>           This option specifies the name of the client.  The name may  
> or  may
>           not be qualified with the local domain name (it is preferable 
> to use
>           the domain-name option to specify the domain name).   See  
> RFC  1035
>           for  character  set  restrictions.   This  option is only 
> honored by
>           dhclient-script(8) if the hostname for the  client  machine  
> is  not
>           set.
> 
> The use of the host-name specified is optional and depends upon how the 
> client is configured.  Now the next logical question, is how does this 
> work in Winderz?
> 
> 
> Carl Karsten wrote:
>> host-name is optional, right?
>>
>> I am sure I know the answer, but can't find support for it.
>>
>> This is for a olpc bugreport that goes like this:
>>
>> cjb: doesn't DHCP set the hostname, though?
>> CarlFK: it can, but from what I have seen dhcp doesn't always happen
>> CarlFK: and it isn't guaranteed
>>
>> cjb: if dhcp doesn't happen, we're not on a network and don't care that we don't 
>> have a unique hostname.
>>
>> Carl K
>>   
> 
> 
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