[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#561532: Bug#561532: network-manager: No option to send hostname when using DHCP

[Alex Corcoles]

Hi Michael,

On 02/02/2010 03:59 AM, Michael Biebl wrote:
> Does it work, if you edit /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf and set
> send host-name "<yourhostname>";

Yup, I think so. I'm using dnsmasq as DNS/DHCP for my lan; my main box 
uses send host-name and after getting an IP from dnsmasq, dnsmasq's DNS 
server can resolve that hostname/IP. It is quite handy.

> What exactly are you asking for: Should nm by default send the host-name or are
> you asking for a GUI to edit that setting?

Well, I'm not 100% sure that it being the default is a good idea- in my 
setup, yes it is. I don't know enough to know if that's harmful in some 
environments.

If it's a harmless thing to do, I would say yes to always sending the 
host name.

Kind regards,

Alex

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