Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 10:34:54 -0700 (PDT) From: simon.hewison@demon.net To: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: conf/14522: dhclient incorrectly reads and sets hostname as a hex string Message-ID: <19991025173454.F0C4B15194@hub.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 14522 >Category: conf >Synopsis: dhclient incorrectly reads and sets hostname as a hex string >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Oct 25 10:40:00 PDT 1999 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Simon Hewison >Release: 3.3-RELEASE >Organization: Demon Internet >Environment: FreeBSD 67:77:2d:69:6e:64:65:78:2d:32:0 3.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 3.3-RELEASE #0: Thu Sep 16 23:40:35 GMT 1999 jkh@highwing.cdrom.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/GENERIC i386 >Description: When using the standard dhcp client configuration, and when the DHCP server sets the hostname, dhclient sets the hostname to a colon separated hexadecimal representation of the string which is the hostname finished off with the null termination byte. >How-To-Repeat: Get a Microsoft DHCP server to assign a hostname to a reserved lease. >Fix: don't assign a hostname by dhcp, set it in /etc/rc.conf :-( >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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