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stephdl:
I have made a new contribs for sme8 based on the work of stefano in the bug 2388 (http://bugs.contribs.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2388).
The purpose of that contribs is to give a name to hosts by the dhcp service in order to avoid the dummy names 'pc-0001, pc-0002....'

I need some of your tests to validate the release. You need 'dag and stephdl' repositories


--- Code: ---yum install --enablerepo=stephdl,dag smeserver-dhcp-dns
signal-event dhcp-dns
--- End code ---

Of course all is done by a dhcp service so you need to set up one and play with other computers

If all is ok then you may be able to see the name of your computer in the tinydns record


--- Code: ---less /var/service/tinydns/root/data
--- End code ---

Then you can ping your host by their name directly  in your sme console, test it


--- Code: ---ping pc_name
--- End code ---

if it doesn't work you can take a look to the dhcpd.leases to see if your host is well written in that configuration file with a correct dhcp lease.


--- Code: ---less /var/lib/dhcpd/dhcpd.leases dhcpd record
--- End code ---

for sme9 a bug is pending your verification in order to be released http://bugs.contribs.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2388

Jáder:
This is a GREAT achievement!! 
Congratulations to everyone colaborating on this.

I've installed it on my own server, and ping to hostname works ok!
Have done NOTHING else but a few ping tests... but I'm happy till now.
Hope it broke nothing! :)

I was really upset with PC-XXX names ... glad someone fixed it!
CONGRATULATIONS and THANKS FOR ALL YOU!

Jáder

stephdl:
jader do you have :

-consulted the logs to see if you have errors (use the audittools logcheck)
-tried to ping another computer from a dhcp_client with a hostname (sme_hostname, other_client_hostname...)
-...

After that we have the sme9_bug to verify if we want to see that feature in sme9

Jáder:
My own server @ home is a messy... lots and lots of contribs tested so no so reliable to verify normal behaviour.
At least I can make any tests you need to garantee it works here.
And please let me know any tests I should do for include this as a SME9 feature.
I have no idea about what audittools means, but I can create VirtualBox VMs :)

On SME81 I can confirm it pings for hosts not listed on "Hosts" on web interface (most of my normal use devices has fixed addressess this way) from SME server and from another dhcp_client (this Macmini). Sucess. No more PC-XXX names!

stephdl:
a)the audittools are a collection of useful script for sysadmin who want to debug some issues without the GUI http://wiki.contribs.org/Audit_Tools

b) I'm proud that you have plenty confident of my work and my skill, but I formally don't advice to test my work on a production server please use first a VM such as virtualbox (I have a lot of VM that I can clone in few minutes, both 32 and 64 bit).

c)The verification process is a QA method that a developer or rpm builder must not verify the work they have done , Therefore testers can valid or not the work because they can 'criticize' or find what is odd. see that link to see all bugs are pending our work http://wiki.contribs.org/Verification_Queue

However if we lack of developers, patch submitters, rpm builders, documentation writers , what is not normal, we lack about testers. Feel Free to be an actor in the SME adventure :)

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