I'm afraid that I don't really know. But, by the same token, I don't really think it's necessary for anything. It's not set on my systems, and everything is working just fine. If you're looking for your DHCP connected systems to have the right domain name after their machine name, you really just need to make sure that your reverse DNS file for your network has the FQDN set in it. On Wed, 15 Dec 2004, Cordell, Ron wrote: > The "search" line in resolv.conf is populated like I expect it to be. > > I thought that I had read that the "domain-name" option set the "domain" > parameter in resolv.conf. Hmmm. > > In that case, what sets the "domain" parameter in the resolv.conf? > > Thanks, > > -ronc > > -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mike Burger > Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 1:17 PM > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list > Subject: Re: DHCP server/client problem > > On Wed, 15 Dec 2004, Cordell, Ron wrote: > > > We've got RHEL 3 and have set up a DHCP server. The optional > > "domain-name" attribute has been set for the subnet, but the dhcp > > client on machines don't seem to be setting the "domain" parameter in > > resolv.conf. The resolv.conf *is* being written by the dhcpclient, > > however. > > > > Can anyone point out something that I might be missing? > > Take a look at the "search" line in the clients' /etc/resolv.conf files. > > That's what gets set by the "option domain-name" line in dhcpd.conf. > > -- > Mike Burger > http://www.bubbanfriends.org > > Visit the Dog Pound II BBS > telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or http://dogpound2.citadel.org > > To be notified of updates to the web site, visit > http://www.bubbanfriends.org/mailman/listinfo/site-update, or send a > message to: > > site-update-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > with a message of: > > subscribe > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > -- Mike Burger http://www.bubbanfriends.org Visit the Dog Pound II BBS telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or http://dogpound2.citadel.org To be notified of updates to the web site, visit http://www.bubbanfriends.org/mailman/listinfo/site-update, or send a message to: site-update-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx with a message of: subscribe -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
