Hi, I tried to setup a new FreeBSD 6.1-BETA2 client and enabled in sysinstall DHCP configuration for the interface. It was no problem and the system runs fine.
But then I was surprised that my nameserver FreeBSD 6.1-PRERELEASE-200602270917 with BIND9 and "Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Server V3.0.3" did not know the newly connected system, but a simple win98 notebook is immediately visible in DNS. I found that the dhclient does not send a hostname by default to the server, so the server does not know the name. Of course you can enter a "send host-name "xxx"" in dhclient.conf, but this makes the setup more complicated. I propose a change, that dhclient sends always the current hostname to the server, the value can be overwritten in dhclient.conf. I see no negative impact, because the server has always the possibility to reject the name and to choose another one. It would simplify the setup and lead to the same behaviour as in other (operating) systems. A possible (I'm sure not the best) solution I appended as attachment. If there are no objections from this list I will create a PR, but from my earlier experiences a PR without discussion is in many cases useless. Regards, Frank -- Frank Behrens, Osterwieck, Germany PGP-key 0x5B7C47ED on public servers available.
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