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Subject: conf/14522: dhclient incorrectly reads and sets hostname as a hex string
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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:


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