Bug Id: 4366934 Category: network Subcategory: dhcp_client State: closed Synopsis: DHCP Client has HOSTNAME unknown - /etc/nodename is set Description: A DHCP Client do not become a Hostname from DHCP-Server (Like NT or not set in Solaris DHCP-Server). The /etc/nodename was set by the Administrator but it do not work! Work around: Change in the file /etc/rcS.d/S30network.sh the following: if [ -z "$hostname" ]; then hostname="unknown" fi to this: if [ -z "$hostname" ]; then hostname="unknown" if [ -f /etc/nodename ]; then hostname="`shcat /etc/nodename 2>/dev/null`" fi fi Integrated in releases: Duplicate of: 4170117 Patch id: See also: 4170117, 4209200, 4248769