Set hostnames from dhcp-server with dhclient on *buntu systems
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To make *buntu based systems set the hostname supplied by the dhcp-server use the following script named hostname
#!/bin/sh # Filename: /etc/dhcp/dhclient-exit-hooks.d/hostname # Purpose: Used by dhclient-script to set the hostname of the system # to match the DNS information for the host as provided by # DHCP. # if [ "$reason" != BOUND ] && [ "$reason" != RENEW ] && [ "$reason" != REBIND ] && [ "$reason" != REBOOT ] then return fi echo dhclient-exit-hooks.d/hostname: Dynamic IP address = $new_ip_address hostname=$(host $new_ip_address | cut -d ' ' -f 5 | cut -d '.' -f 1) echo $hostname > /etc/hostname hostname $hostname echo dhclient-exit-hooks.d/hostname: Dynamic Hostname = $hostname
The script should be put in the folder /etc/dhcp/dhclient-exit-hooks.d