Re: /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf

Op 13-01-2008 om 22:20 schreef Don Wright:
> On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 01:42:54 +0100, Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl> wrote:
>
> >I have no idea what is meant by "the /e/n/i hostname option", <...>
>
> hostname statement in /etc/network/interfaces, perhaps?

>From the manual page of /etc/network/interfaces:

| hostname hostname
| Hostname to be requested (pump, dhcpcd, udhcpc)

That option is needed for Internet providers who identify thier customers by the hostname ( by (ab)using it as accountname )

Cheers
Geert Stappers

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