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I have a small Debian-based Linux device which set's its hostname by calling udhcpc:

udhcpc -i $interface -S -x hostname:mydevice

(Of course $interface is defined earlier in the script calls udhcpc.)

This works as intended, on my router I can see mydevice as active host name for this device.

My device - after obtaining the lease - mounts its new root file system from NFS and then chroots into it.

udhcpc will be sending renew requests to my router:

# cat /var/log/messages | grep dhcp
Jan  1 04:00:07 udhcpc: started, v1.28.1
Jan  1 04:00:07 udhcpc: sending discover
Jan  1 04:00:09 udhcpc: performing DHCP renew
Jan  1 04:00:09 udhcpc: sending discover
Jan  1 04:00:09 udhcpc: sending select for a.b.c.d
Jan  1 04:00:09 udhcpc: lease of a.b.c.d obtained, lease time 600
***NOW THE CHROOT HAPPENS***
Jan  1 04:05:09 udhcpc: sending renew to r.o.u.t
Jan  1 04:05:09 udhcpc: lease of a.b.c.d obtained, lease time 600
Jan  1 04:10:09 udhcpc: sending renew to r.o.u.t
Jan  1 04:10:09 udhcpc: lease of a.b.c.d obtained, lease time 600

I want to update the hostname after the chroot happens.

What have I tried:

  • killing udhcpc and restarting it with the new desired hostname: FAIL (NFS drops, system stalls)
  • checking udhcpc's manual: FAIL (haven't found any mention of updating hostname on a running instance)

Any idea is appreciated: all I want is to update the hostname on the active udhcpc.

Important: it's enough (accepted as answer) if I can update the hostname on a "sending renew to r.o.u.t" event.

Daniel
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From udhcpc --help:

-F NAME Ask server to update DNS mapping for NAME

For example: udhcpc -F $(hostname)

owenthewizard
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  • It didn't worked for me. Once udhcpc successfully set the hostname after `bind`, it's not able to *update* it. I had to modify udhcpc's source to reach that functionality. They might have been fixed it since then though. – Daniel Jan 06 '21 at 06:27