# i do NOT have any kind of use-host-decl-names on; entry. Do you use
dnsmasq or dhcpd?
# /etc/dhcpd.conf Not sure if a dnsmasq entry would be the same anymore.
host babasse {
hardware ethernet 00:0d:61:ae:6b:8f;
fixed-address 192.168.1.249;
option host-name
"PutClientHostNameHereNotSureIfItHasToBeSameAsAbove-babasse";
}
#Don't remember what happens when a linux client machine has already
been configured.
#But know for a fact that all pxe booted and live linux booted and
Windows Vista and WinXP
#machines use the hostname from the dhcpd entry.
On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 10:38 AM, Niki Kovacs<contact at kikinovak.net> wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I just setup one of my machines as a DHCP server. I'd like it to handle
> the hostnames of clients. Don't know if this is an orthodox thing to do
> (feel free to add your comments :oD). Here's the server's relevant lines
> of dhcpd.conf:
>
> --8<-------
> ...
> # Envoyer les noms d'hôtes aux clients
> use-host-decl-names on;
>
> # Adresses statiques
> host babasse {
> hardware ethernet 00:0d:61:ae:6b:8f;
> fixed-address 192.168.1.249;
> }
> --8<-------
>
> Now the question is: how should the configuration look like on the
> client side, so the hostname gets effetively fetched from the DHCP
> server? During the initial install, I assigned hostnames manually to
> every machine.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Niki Kovacs
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