On Fri, 2008-04-04 at 11:15 +0300, Waleed Harbi wrote: > Hi Da Rock, > > It will much better if you draw your network diagram or explain it > because some network devices support DDNS suck as Linksys, I have > found this links explain how to configure DDNS on FC4 it should be > same: > > http://www.howtoforge.com/fedora_dynamic_dns > http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-networking-3/dynamic-dns-setup-for-either-fedora-core-client-584754/ > http://sipx-wiki.calivia.com/index.php/HowTo_Configure_DHCP_and_DNS_Servers > > I hope they are useful... > > On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 10:06 AM, Da Rock > <rock_on_the_web@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, 2008-04-04 at 16:37 +1030, Tim wrote: > > On Fri, 2008-04-04 at 15:15 +1000, Da Rock wrote: > > > I have a ddns network, which does work but it needs to > have the hostname > > > sent to it. Ie; dhclient -H works, but unless it is run > manually the > > > forward and reverse mapping is not done by dhcpd. > > > > > > I checked that dhclient.conf has send hostname in it, but > I doubt very > > > much that it is being read as I have made changes there to > no effect. I > > > believe somewhere in the scripting there is an issue- the > hostname > > > settings getting overridden or something. > > > > > > I've checked the man pages, and they say to only adjust > dhclient.conf, > > > or add hooks. I've adjusted the hostname settings > everywhere (not > > > simultaneously) to see if it'll work- ng. > > > > > > Anyone else got ddns to work here and know what's missing? > BTW I'm > > > testing on a wifi connection, but I doubt thats the > problem. > > > > Which version of Fedora are you using? I'm guessing 8, but > that's only > > a guess. It may affect the answers you'll get. > > > > Post your dhclient.conf file, so people can see what you've > done. > > > > Tell us more about your DHCP server, too. Versions, > configuration > > details, etc. > > > > I'm not using FC8, but I do use dynamic DNS tied in with my > DHCP server, > > clients get assigned addresses, their names get entered into > the local > > DNS, and I haven't had to customise their dhclient.conf > files for it. > > > My clients send their own hostnames (there is a reason for > this). > According to all information available on the matter the > dhclient.conf > is where you need to set the dhclient -H option for > automation. And I > have tested this option manually and it works. So what do I > have to hack > to stop the stupid scripting from overriding this? Even the > scripting > information says to customise the conf file... but this > doesn't work. > > Apparently the networking hasn't changed much since FC4, but > if it > matters I'm running 8. I'd really rather not have to put up all my config for security reasons. Especially considering that by running the dhclient manually actually works (-H AND -cf). The problem exists in the enormous complexity of network scripts that Fedora uses. It simply refuses to read the dhclient.conf- so why would that be? > -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
