Ubuntu
dhcdbd package

dhclient doesn't send host-name

Bug #180266 reported by Carl Karsten
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dhcdbd (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: dhcdbd

send host-name "<hostname>"; is no longer in dhclient.conf

Which means my dhcp server can't do the DDNS update.

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Roberto Sarrionandia (rbs-tito) wrote :

Which version of Ubuntu is this?

I'm using Gutsy, and I've noticed that my router can never tell the hostname of my Ubuntu machines. Is this related?

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Carl Karsten (carlfk) wrote :

Hardy.

juser@dhcp120:~$ cat /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf
request subnet-mask, broadcast-address, time-offset, routers, domain-name, domain-name-servers, host-name, ntp-servers;

>router can never tell the hostname of my Ubuntu machines. Is this related?
well, my Gutsy box has it. check for the line:
send host-name "<hostname>";

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Ryan Bair (dr.bair) wrote :

This bug is still present in Hardy.

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Carl Karsten (carlfk) wrote :

looks like it is fixed in ibex.

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Lutfi (lutfiarab) wrote :

I dont understand? why have to wait on ibex???
if there is company try using Ubuntu LTS with a lot of client have this problem, you will update 3 year later???

Daniel T Chen (crimsun)
Changed in dhcdbd:
status: New → Fix Released
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