Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 10:45:08 -0500 From: bazzoola <bazzoola@gmail.com> To: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> Cc: fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hostname and domains Message-ID: <42949D84.5030407@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4293C2C6.7080507@daleco.biz> References: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGKEJLHFAA.fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com> <4293A79F.5090909@gmail.com> <4293C2C6.7080507@daleco.biz>
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Kevin Kinsey wrote: > >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >>> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of bazzoola >>> Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 5:55 PM >>> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >>> Subject: hostname and domains >>> >>> >>> Greetings, >>> >>> I have Three workstations all of them are pretty much setup the same >>> way. All of them use DHCP and all of them connect to the same server >>> (I do not know what is it running as of now) >>> >>> The first workstation is Windows XP. It receives its IP and hostname >>> correct basically I get 10.0.0.201 and winxp.mydomain.com as a >>> hostname both host and IP resolve to each other correctly >>> The second workstation is Mac OS X. It receives similar enough >>> 10.0.0.202 and macosx.mydomain.com as a hostname both IP and >>> hostname resolve to each other correctly. >>> >>> The third which is a FreeBSD 5.4-Release receives an IP address >>> 10.0.0.203 but does not get a hostname. Well the hostname is setup >>> in rc.conf as bsd01 but the DNS in the domain is not aware of it for >>> some reason. >>> >>> The NS can resolve macosx and winxp but it cannot resolve the >>> hostname for bsd01. >>> >>> Any thoughts what is going here? >>> >>> Thanks in advance, >>> bazzoola >>> > > There is some magic you must perform on the dhcp server > and to dhclient.conf; see dhclient.conf(5) for details. > > HTH, > > Kevin Kinsey > Thanks for the suggestion Kevin To fix the problem I added the following to dhclient.conf # -- send host-name "mbsd01.mydomain.com"; request subnet-mask, broadcast-address, time-offset, routers, domain-name, domain-name-servers, host-name; require subnet-mask, domain-name-servers, domain-name; # -- bazzoola
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