[RFE] dhclient(8) should send hostname

[Julian Elischer]

joerg at britannica.bec.de wrote:

>On Fri, Mar 17, 2006 at 04:02:17PM +0100, Frank Behrens wrote:
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>>I propose a change, that dhclient sends always the current hostname 
>>to the server, the value can be overwritten in dhclient.conf. I see 
>>no negative impact, because the server has always the possibility to 
>>reject the name and to choose another one. It would simplify the 
>>setup and lead to the same behaviour as in other (operating) systems.
>>A possible (I'm sure not the best) solution I appended as attachment. 
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>I object this, since it is one of the most annoying default behaviours
>of Windows. It is the first thing I disable on all clients -- I have a
>static name mapping, why should I update the DNS zone?
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>Quite frankly, I wouldn't be surprised if the number of zones where the
>host update request is ignored far outweights the number of
>configurations where it is wanted. At least Bind sometimes like to whine
>about it.
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it would certainly make life easier sometimes.

>Joerg
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