@Home and DHCP

[Charles Steinkuehler]

> /sbin/ifup changed alot in RH 7.x and I haven't figured out the hack for
> that yet.  In 7.x eth0 init fails @ boot up, but after logging in I
> issue  "/sbin/pump -h aa######-a -i eth0"  and I authenticate to @Home
> fine, and get the same IP every time.  If anyone figures out the hack
> for /sbin/ifup in RH 7.x, PLEASE let me know, as logging into root and
> using pump every time I boot into Linux gets old.

A quick look at the RH7.2 ifup script indicates you can set the
DHCP_HOSTNAME variable in the interface config file (probably
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0), and the information will be
passed to pump or dhcpcd automatically.

Charles Steinkuehler
charles at steinkuehler.net