Re: BOOTP and 2.4.14

[Peter Wächtler]

[e-mail] schrieb:
> 
> I'm trying to configure a system to boot with root on NFS. I have it
> working, but there are problems.
> 
> The most serious are that the DNS domain name is set wrongly, and NIS
> domain's not set at all.
> 
> The IP address offered and accepted in 192.168.1.20.
> 
> The DNS domain name being set is 168.1.20, and the host name 192.
> 

Uh, how about to specify a NAME.DOMAIN.COM instead of an 
dotted IP. Check your bootp configuration.

> I'm looking at the ipconfig.c source, around line 1324 where I see this
> code:
>                         case 4:
>                                 if ((dp = strchr(ip, '.'))) {
>                                         *dp++ = '\0';
>                                         strncpy(system_utsname.domainname, dp, __NEW_UTS_LEN);
>                                         system_utsname.domainname[__NEW_UTS_LEN] = '\0';
>                                 }
>                                 strncpy(system_utsname.nodename, ip, __NEW_UTS_LEN);
>                                 system_utsname.nodename[__NEW_UTS_LEN] = '\0';
>                                 ic_host_name_set = 1;
>                                 break;
> 
> I can see how the dnsdomain name's being set, and it does not look
> right to me.
> 
> If someone can prepare a patch for me, I'll be delighted to test it.
>