DHCP client error: domain_not_set.invalid

[Brooks Davis]

On Mon, Nov 14, 2005 at 10:48:09AM -0800, Mark Space wrote:
> Thanks to Sebastian and Brooks for their quick replies.  I took the easy 
> way out and installed the ISC client which works just fine.
> 
> The problem is my DHCP server is a DSL modem.  I don't see any way to 
> set the domain field.  In addition, this interface is really not on a 
> network but a connection between two networks (its PPPoE), it make sense 
> that my ISP has configured the modem this way.  The interface is one 
> that will be addressed only by address, it really doesnt have a name.  
> Or at least, the DHCP "server" doesn't assign a domain, its set elsewhere.
> 
> So I think Brooks is correct.  The dhcp client should just ignore the 
> domain setting and just assume that there is no domain associated with 
> this interface.  Should we suggest this to the OpenBSD client maintainer?

OpenBSD already does this.  If someone can test the two behaviors I'll
commit them.

-- Brooks

> Brooks Davis wrote:
> 
> >On Sun, Nov 13, 2005 at 07:14:00PM -0800, Mark Space wrote:
> > 
> >
> >>Hi all,
> >>
> >>I just set up the latest 6.0 release, and I'm getting errors with the 
> >>DHCP client.  Trying to pull a network address during start up, I get:
> >>
> >>Bogus domain search list 15: domain_not_set.invalid
> >>
> >>This repeats several times before giving up.  Google tells me that this 
> >>problem was report by two users on the bsd-current list.  No one ever 
> >>replied to their inquiries (at least on the list), so I thought to try 
> >>once more to see if there's any interest in addressing this issue. 
> >>
> >>More info was in the original post:
> >>http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2005-October/057034.html
> >>   
> >>
> >
> >We should really bitch and then ignore this value when it's bogus rather
> >than rejecting the lease.  We should also probably allow underscores
> >since they are popular among clueless Microsoft admins.  Please try the
> >follow patch.
> >
> >-- Brooks
> >
> >Index: dhclient.c
> >===================================================================
> >RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/sbin/dhclient/dhclient.c,v
> >retrieving revision 1.11
> >diff -u -p -r1.11 dhclient.c
> >--- dhclient.c	2 Sep 2005 17:35:35 -0000	1.11
> >+++ dhclient.c	14 Nov 2005 17:42:46 -0000
> >@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ __FBSDID("$FreeBSD: src/sbin/dhclient/dh
> >
> >#define	PERIOD 0x2e
> >#define	hyphenchar(c) ((c) == 0x2d)
> >+#define	underscorechar(c) ((c) == 0x5f)
> >#define	bslashchar(c) ((c) == 0x5c)
> >#define	periodchar(c) ((c) == PERIOD)
> >#define	asterchar(c) ((c) == 0x2a)
> >@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ __FBSDID("$FreeBSD: src/sbin/dhclient/dh
> >#define	whitechar(c) ((c) == ' ' || (c) == '\t')
> >
> >#define	borderchar(c) (alphachar(c) || digitchar(c))
> >-#define	middlechar(c) (borderchar(c) || hyphenchar(c))
> >+#define	middlechar(c) (borderchar(c) || hyphenchar(c) || 
> >underscorechar(c))
> >#define	domainchar(c) ((c) > 0x20 && (c) < 0x7f)
> >
> >#define	CLIENT_PATH "PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/sbin"
> >@@ -2252,6 +2253,8 @@ check_option(struct client_lease *l, int
> >		if (!res_hnok(sbuf)) {
> >			warning("Bogus Host Name option %d: %s (%s)", option,
> >			    sbuf, opbuf);
> >+			l->options[option].len = 0;
> >+			free(l->options[option].data);
> >			return (0);
> >		}
> >		return (1);
> >@@ -2260,7 +2263,8 @@ check_option(struct client_lease *l, int
> >			if (!check_search(sbuf)) {
> >				warning("Bogus domain search list %d: %s 
> >				(%s)",
> >				    option, sbuf, opbuf);
> >-				return (0);
> >+				l->options[option].len = 0;
> >+				free(l->options[option].data);
> >			}
> >		}
> >		return (1);
> >
> > 
> >
> 
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