Alan N. wrote:
> I have a dhcp server which uses dnsmasq.
> It expects dhcp clients to be able to send their client name back to
> the server via the dhcp protocol (not via dns updates).
>
> This works out well for my Windows and Linux boxes.
>
> The way AIX dhcpcd works is it wants to update the client hostname on
> the dhcp server via dns (using dhcpaction and nsupdate). There does
> not seem to be any other way with dhcpcd (and if anybody knows how,
> please let me know).
>
> Are there any alternative dhcp clients for AIX that would work in this
> situation?

If you take a look at the /etc/dhcpcd.ini you will see that updateDNS
is a variable which holds an script or executable to do the DNS
updates. So the value can be changed to whatever you like.

Example from dhcspcd.ini file
....
updateDNS "/usr/sbin/dhcpaction '%s' '%s' '%s' '%s' A NONIM >>
/tmp/updns.out 2>&1 "
....

So in your case you new need just a different script which does the
updates in the way you want it.

hth
Hajo