Bug#239121: netcfg: Use default hostname from DHCP if one is received
On Mon, Mar 22, 2004 at 12:41:26PM -0800, Joshua Kwan wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 21, 2004 at 11:23:54AM +1100, Andrew Pollock wrote:
> > The installer currently defaults the hostname of a new installation to
> > "debian". I think it would be sensible for it default to whatever
> > hostname is provided via DHCP, if one is, otherwise fall back to
> > defaulting to "debian".
>
> It could be done but I've no clue how to glean the DHCP-sent hostname
> from dhclient's output. Can you give me any pointers?
Hmm, I can't seem to glean it with dhcp-client or dhcp3-client's dhclient
either :-(
I've used a couple of live CD's recently (can't remember if it was Knoppix,
Gentoo or SuSe), and at least one of them managed to do it, so I'll have to
attempt to reverse-engineer how, and get back to you.
Andrew
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