Re: Script to run AFTER DHCP address assigned to wi0?

>From: Larry Rosenman <[email protected]>
>Date: 29 Jun 2002 12:48:20 -0500

>Is there any hooks (I couldn't find any) to have a script run AFTER
>dhclient assigns an IP address to wi0? 

Sure, though it's not specific to the interface in question --
/etc/dhclient-exit-hooks.

>I have my hostname set WITHOUT a domain name on this laptop, since it
>can live, normally, in one of two domains (work and home). 

>Some MTA's (FreeBSD.org notably) will not accept Sendmail's HELO/EHLO
>without a FQDN. 

>I need to restart sendmail once the address is set so that sendmail uses
>the correct FQDN for which network it is in. 

>Anyone got any ideas? 

I use the above-mentioned script to set the hostname (via "reverse"
lookup on the assigned IP address), as well as make an attempt to run
ntpdate & fire up ntpd.

Pointers to samples available at
http://www.catwhisker.org/~david/FreeBSD/laptop.html (near the bottom of
the page).

Cheers,
david       (links to my resume at http://www.catwhisker.org/~david)
-- 
David H. Wolfskill				[email protected]
Trying to support or use Microsoft products makes about as much sense
as painting the outside of a house with watercolors.

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