Re: dhcpcd(8) and automatic hostname

[Roy Marples <roy%marples.name@localhost>]

Hi

On 01/05/2012 5:05, Toru Nishimura wrote:
> I've switched dhclient(8) to dhcpcd(8).  The transition was flawless
> except of the issue.   My /etc/rc.conf does not set hostname variable
> to let it determined by dhclient(8).  It worked well for me so far,
> but
> dhcpcd(8) does not any more.  I would like to have the feature to be
> added in furture release.

dhcpcd(8) requests the DHCP host_name option by default in 
dhcpcd.conf(5).
The assignment of the hostname follows a similar ruleset as dhclient 
and can be found in /libexec/dhcpcd-hooks/30-hostname

Depending on the dhcpcd version you have installed, you can query the 
lease assigned by so

dhcpcd -U bge0

Replace bge0 with the interface dhcpcd worked on. It should show all 
the options received by dhcpcd that it can translate into useable shell 
variables.
This will include the hostname.

Thanks

Roy