[Bug 523188] [NEW] Make it possible again to let dhcp server set the client hostname

[perpetualrabbit]

Public bug reported:

This is an important option for managed workstations like in universities and such.
In Hardy it was perfectly possible to let the dhcpserver set the clients hostname. In the server dhcpd.conf you can set hostnames for the clients like this:

    host appel {
      fixed-address appel.lorentz.leidenuniv.nl;
      hardware ethernet 00:13:d4:c2:2a:de;
      option host-name "appel";
    }

of even easier:

use-host-decl-names             on; # This tells the server to provide the name after host as a hostname to the client
 
   host appel {
      fixed-address appel.lorentz.leidenuniv.nl;
      hardware ethernet 00:13:d4:c2:2a:de;
    }

In Hardy the dhcp3-client package used to pick this up perfectly, and
the client used to set its own hostname. Now in Karmic it no longer
works. I have to remove dhcp3-client and replace it with dhcpc to get
this functionality back.

** Affects: dhcp3 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Make it possible again to let dhcp server set the client hostname
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/523188
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