Package: dhcp3-client
Version: 3.1.3-1
Severity: minor
Hi,
dhclient doesn't send the hostname by default to the DHCP server (on a
freshly installed Debian system with cdebootstrap). That means that
freshly installed Debian machines can't be found by their names on a
network where the local DNS uses those DHCP names (e.g. in most homes
with ADSL model-router, like nearly everyone in France).
Of course it's possible to modify the dhclient.conf to duplicate the
hostname there, but:
- it's non-obvious for beginners
- it means the hostname has to be set a several places
Would it be possible for dhclient to automatically send the hostname ?
It's the case in other distributions I tried (Ubuntu & Fedora).
Thanks,
Xav
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.31-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages dhcp3-client depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.28 Debian configuration management sy
ii debianutils 3.2.2 Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii dhcp3-common 3.1.3-1 common files used by all the dhcp3
ii libc6 2.10.2-2 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
dhcp3-client recommends no packages.
Versions of packages dhcp3-client suggests:
pn avahi-autoipd <none> (no description available)
pn resolvconf <none> (no description available)
-- debconf information:
dhcp3-client/dhclient-needs-restarting:
dhcp3-client/dhclient-script_moved:
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