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Date:      Fri, 17 Mar 2006 11:11:22 -0800
From:      Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>
To:        joerg@britannica.bec.de
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [RFE] dhclient(8) should send hostname
Message-ID:  <441B09DA.1010902@elischer.org>
In-Reply-To: <20060317151220.GA26987@britannica.bec.de>
References:  <200603171502.k2HF2IV3086523@pinky.frank-behrens.de> <20060317151220.GA26987@britannica.bec.de>

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joerg@britannica.bec.de wrote:

>On Fri, Mar 17, 2006 at 04:02:17PM +0100, Frank Behrens wrote:
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>>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. 
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>
>I object this, since it is one of the most annoying default behaviours
>of Windows. It is the first thing I disable on all clients -- I have a
>static name mapping, why should I update the DNS zone?
>
>Quite frankly, I wouldn't be surprised if the number of zones where the
>host update request is ignored far outweights the number of
>configurations where it is wanted. At least Bind sometimes like to whine
>about it.
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>

it would certainly make life easier sometimes.

>Joerg
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