On Tue, Oct 02, 2012 at 12:54:24AM +0200, Jan Steffens wrote: > On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 8:18 PM, Ike Devolder <ike.devolder@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Are you using NetworkManager with dhclient ? > > NetworkManager with dhcpcd should give you no issues since dhcpcd sends > > the hostname along with the dhcp request. > > > > dhclient does not with the defaults given by NetworkManager. > > Actually, it does. Here, /var/run/nm-dhclient-wlan0.conf contains: > > # Created by NetworkManager > > send host-name "philomeena"; # added by NetworkManager > > option rfc3442-classless-static-routes code 121 = array of unsigned integer 8; > option ms-classless-static-routes code 249 = array of unsigned integer 8; > option wpad code 252 = string; > > also request rfc3442-classless-static-routes; > also request ms-classless-static-routes; > also request wpad; > also request ntp-servers; > > --- > > "philomeena" being the hostname of my laptop. well then for the people where networkmanager is not so nice to: the following is an actual example and consistent over all my machines with dhclient (4 desktops having the exact same output) --- /var/run/nm-dhclient-eth0.conf --- (without dhclient-eth0.conf) # Aangemaakt door NetworkManager option rfc3442-classless-static-routes code 121 = array of unsigned integer 8; option ms-classless-static-routes code 249 = array of unsigned integer 8; option wpad code 252 = string; also request rfc3442-classless-static-routes; also request ms-classless-static-routes; also request wpad; also request ntp-servers; --- /var/run/nm-dhclient-eth0.conf --- if NetworkManager does not do the trick, create the dhclient-eth0.conf file or symlink and your hostname will be sent for sure -- Ike
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