Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 19:11:50 -0500 From: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> To: bazzoola <bazzoola@gmail.com> Cc: fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hostname and domains Message-ID: <4293C2C6.7080507@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <4293A79F.5090909@gmail.com> References: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGKEJLHFAA.fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com> <4293A79F.5090909@gmail.com>
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>> -----Original Message----- >> From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of bazzoola >> Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 5:55 PM >> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >> Subject: hostname and domains >> >> >> Greetings, >> >> I have Three workstations all of them are pretty much setup the same >> way. All of them use DHCP and all of them connect to the same server >> (I do not know what is it running as of now) >> >> The first workstation is Windows XP. It receives its IP and hostname >> correct basically I get 10.0.0.201 and winxp.mydomain.com as a >> hostname both host and IP resolve to each other correctly >> The second workstation is Mac OS X. It receives similar enough >> 10.0.0.202 and macosx.mydomain.com as a hostname both IP and >> hostname resolve to each other correctly. >> >> The third which is a FreeBSD 5.4-Release receives an IP address >> 10.0.0.203 but does not get a hostname. Well the hostname is setup >> in rc.conf as bsd01 but the DNS in the domain is not aware of it for >> some reason. >> >> The NS can resolve macosx and winxp but it cannot resolve the >> hostname for bsd01. >> >> Any thoughts what is going here? >> >> Thanks in advance, >> bazzoola >> There is some magic you must perform on the dhcp server and to dhclient.conf; see dhclient.conf(5) for details. HTH, Kevin Kinsey
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