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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 13/11/13 10.21, Vincent wrote:<br>
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Hi there,<br>
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I've got a strange behaviour after upgrading my Debian server from
squeeze (dhcpd v4.1.1 / bind v9.7.3) to wheezy (dhcpd v4.2.2 /
bind v9.8.4).<br>
<br>
Until many years I'm used to configure theses services for small
networks and I'm using host declarations with a fixed-address
(fqdn, not IP) like this :<br>
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host pascaglia {<br>
hardware ethernet 11:22:33:44:55:66;<br>
fixed-address pascaglia.mydomain.local;<br>
}<br>
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Not sure if it matters but a more modern implementation might take
this:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6762">http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6762</a><br>
into consideration. There is a clear conflict with your naming
convention in that the RFC defines what .local is used for.<br>
My personal experience is that it really matters.<br>
<blockquote cite="mid:528344AC.2090002@lph.im" type="cite"> <br>
When any host declared like this is asking for a lease, i got from
syslog :<br>
dhcpd: pascaglia.mydomain.local: host unknown.<br>
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Instead of providing the correct IP/lease, the client gets a
"generic IP" from the pool, not the fixed one.<br>
<br>
NB : The local bind server is OK and when asked (dig, nslookup),
give the correct IP for pascaglia.mydomain.local or pascaglia
(thanks to the search/domain directives of resolv.conf). The
reverse is OK too.<br>
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The dhcpd.conf(5) manual clearly indicates that using dns is
possible :<br>
"Each address in the fixed-address declaration should be either an
IP address or a domain name that resolves to one or more IP
addresses."<br>
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But the resolution is not done anymore !<br>
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Many hours searching the net and list archives about this, but not
found any clue about it... so I'm asking you... what am i missing
?<br>
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<span style="font-weight:bold">Vincent</span> </div>
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Best regards
Sten Carlsen
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"MALE BOVINE MANURE!!!"
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