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| -rw-r--r-- | sbin/dhclient/dhclient.c | 15 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/dhclient/dhclient.c b/sbin/dhclient/dhclient.c index fa9a49b..0380020 100644 --- a/sbin/dhclient/dhclient.c +++ b/sbin/dhclient/dhclient.c @@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ int log_perror = 1; int privfd; int nullfd = -1; +char hostname[_POSIX_HOST_NAME_MAX + 1]; + struct iaddr iaddr_broadcast = { 4, { 255, 255, 255, 255 } }; struct in_addr inaddr_any, inaddr_broadcast; @@ -446,6 +448,13 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) error("no such user: nobody"); } + /* + * Obtain hostname before entering capability mode - it won't be + * possible then, as reading kern.hostname is not permitted. + */ + if (gethostname(hostname, sizeof(hostname)) < 0) + hostname[0] = '\0'; + if (pipe(pipe_fd) == -1) error("pipe"); @@ -1525,9 +1534,8 @@ make_discover(struct interface_info *ip, struct client_lease *lease) } /* send host name if not set via config file. */ - char hostname[_POSIX_HOST_NAME_MAX+1]; if (!options[DHO_HOST_NAME]) { - if (gethostname(hostname, sizeof(hostname)) == 0) { + if (hostname[0] != '\0') { size_t len; char* posDot = strchr(hostname, '.'); if (posDot != NULL) @@ -1649,9 +1657,8 @@ make_request(struct interface_info *ip, struct client_lease * lease) } /* send host name if not set via config file. */ - char hostname[_POSIX_HOST_NAME_MAX+1]; if (!options[DHO_HOST_NAME]) { - if (gethostname(hostname, sizeof(hostname)) == 0) { + if (hostname[0] != '\0') { size_t len; char* posDot = strchr(hostname, '.'); if (posDot != NULL) |
