Dns Update

[John Hascall]

> Do not always want to trust what the client sends as
> the hostname and would like to use what is in the host
> definition for example, the option host-name or
> ddns-hostname.  
> 
> I want DHCPD to update DNS based on what I set not
> what the client sends. 
> 
> I have tried a few of the options but the dns always
> seems to update on what the client sends and not on
> what is in DHCPD.CONF.

This is what we use without issue:

ddns-update-style interim;
ddns-updates on;
ddns-ttl 300;
 ...
# ministry-of-silly-walks.its.iastate.edu 00:80:47:3d:a7:a7 john
host 0080473da7a7 {
	hardware ethernet 00:80:47:3d:a7:a7;
	ddns-hostname "ministry-of-silly-walks";
	ddns-domainname "its.iastate.edu";
	option domain-name "its.iastate.edu";
}


Hope this helps,
John