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udhcp package

  1. Bug #357518
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Comment 1 for bug 357518

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MatthiasH (m-launchpad-heidbrink) wrote : Re: udhcpc doesn't set hostname in doscover packet

I had the same problem, I believe: udhcpc did not set the host name in the DHCP server.

When examining the problem, I learned that this is a configuration issue:
Adding the option "hostname $(hostname)" to the configuration of the respective interface in /etc/network/interfaces and reinitializing the interface (ifdown/ifup) solved the problem.

The "hostname" entry is explained in the man page for interfaces, the "$(hostname)" was just a guess (it's not explained in that man page) and worked.

However, I'd prefer this to be enabled by default as long as this can't cause other problems.