Re: Cobbler patch for sending DHCP option host-name based on system name

[Michael DeHaan <mdehaan@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Pablo Iranzo Gómez wrote:
> 	Hi, for your consideration:
>
> 	Attached is a patch for allowing cobbler to set "option host-name
> $SYSTEM_NAME" if the setting isc_set_host_name is set in
> /var/lib/cobbler/settings
>
> 	What is intended for:
>
> 	At my network I've a generic:
>
> 	option
> host-name=concat("equipo-",substring(binary-to-ascii(10,8,".",leased-address),9,3));
>
> 	To set host-names for non-registered computers, using this patch,
> I can instruct my computers to use the name registered at cobbler by just
> empyting hostname:
>
> #raw
> sed -i 's#^HOSTNAME=.*$##g' /etc/sysconfig/network
> #end raw
>
> 	This way: if a system is registered, it will get cobbler hostname,
> if not, will get a generic "equipo-$IP_LAST_BYTE"
>
> 	Regards
> 	Pablo
>
>
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Commited to the devel branch...

Would you want to add this info to the Wiki under the DHCP section fo 
user docs?

You might want to make a note that it will require Cobbler 0.9.X or later...

Thanks!

--Michael

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