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Updated dhcpd.conf.5 manpage in regard to ddns-domainname option, pursuant

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David Hankins
2006-07-09 15:01:19 +00:00
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@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
.\" see ``http://www.vix.com''. To learn more about Nominum, Inc., see
.\" ``http://www.nominum.com''.
.\"
.\" $Id: dhcpd.conf.5,v 1.74 2006/06/19 20:42:11 shane Exp $
.\" $Id: dhcpd.conf.5,v 1.75 2006/07/09 15:01:19 dhankins Exp $
.\"
.TH dhcpd.conf 5
.SH NAME
@@ -1036,12 +1036,18 @@ to the client, the name from that declaration will be used. If none
of these applies, the server will not have a hostname for the client,
and will not be able to do a DNS update.
.PP
The domain name is determined based strictly on the server
configuration, not on what the client sends. First, if there is a
The domain name is determined from the
.I ddns-domainname
configuration option, it is used. Second, if there is a
\fIdomain-name\fR option configured, that is used. Otherwise, the
server will not do the DNS update.
configuration option. The default configuration for this option is:
.nf
.sp 1
option server.ddns-domainname = config-option domain-name;
.fi
So if this configuration option is not configured to a different
value (over-riding the above default), or if a domain-name option
has not been configured for the client's scope, then the server will
not attempt to perform a DNS update.
.PP
The client's fully-qualified domain name, derived as we have
described, is used as the name on which an "A" record will be stored.