dhcp3-client does not send hostname

[Obleak]

Just noticed my fresh install of hardy is not sending it's hostname to the dhcpd3 server (and thus no entry is being added to a dynamic bind dns).
All worked as expected when I added "send host-name "<hostname>"; back into the /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf
Alternatively I could have used the dhclient.conf.dpkg-dist which is the conf that appears in fiesty.

I did see bug 10239 which reports the same problem with the same resolution but as it is fixed there?

#uname -a
Linux build 2.6.24-16-server #1 SMP Thu Apr 10 13:15:38 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[Kelly-Propelly (kelly-propelly)]

Same problem for me. I've got a Desktop and a Notebook installed with Hardy, both showing the described problem. Editing /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf ("<hostname>") doesn't make any difference. My setup differs a little bit from the above: I'm running Hardy with the 2.6.24-16-generic kernel. My router is a Fritzbox 7050, which is very common in Germany. If you need more information, let me know.

[John (jh-wilson)]

I had the same problem. Installing Samba fixed it.

[Brian Boz (brian-boz)]

Same problem, but installing Samba didn't change anything. Editing /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf didn't make any difference either (in my case the default line of send host-name "<hostname>"; was present, if I changed it to send the actual host name that didn't make any difference).

[John (jh-wilson)]

Check /etc/nsswitch.conf - look for the line starting hosts:

If it doesn't include the value wins, add it. The line on my machine is

hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns mdns4 wins

Then restart networking or reboot.