make the client to send host name

kalyanasundaram S s.kalyanasundaram at inbox.com
Wed Jun 7 08:46:02 UTC 2006


> kalyanasundaram S wrote:
> 
> >How do i make the client to send its host name to dhcpserver so that
> >it gets updated in ddns.
> >Till now i was using the host declaration like
> >host test {
>>   hardware wthernet 00:11..
>>   ddns-hostname "testmachine";
> >}
>> 
> >but i dont want this declaration i want to update the original host
> >name of the client in ddns.
> >It is not getting updated.
> 
> Which client ?
> 
> WIndows and Mac OS both send their configured machine name, as do a

oh bydefult windows and Mac will send their host name. good.
but i use linx as client.. 

> few others. For the ISC client, I believe you'll need to set this in
> the client config file.

 where is that file located. which option should i change?

thanks,
 -"kalyan"



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