From: Roy Marples <roy@marples.name>
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:50:49 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Clarify the clientid option.
X-Git-Tag: v5.0.0~178
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=3faba9e651e08664d5a5719efee02e5c590618e3;p=thirdparty%2Fdhcpcd.git

Clarify the clientid option.
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diff --git a/dhcpcd.8.in b/dhcpcd.8.in
index 13fd07e2..9a8ab030 100644
--- a/dhcpcd.8.in
+++ b/dhcpcd.8.in
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.Dd November 17, 2008
+.Dd November 19, 2008
 .Dt DHCPCD 8 SMM
 .Sh NAME
 .Nm dhcpcd
@@ -354,8 +354,13 @@ encodes the FQDN hostname as specified in
 Send the
 .Ar clientid .
 If the string is of the format 01:02:03 then it is encoded as hex.
-For interfaces whose hardware address is longer than 8 bytes we send a default
-clientid of the hardware family and the hardware address.
+For interfaces whose hardware address is longer than 8 bytes, or if the
+.Ar clientid
+is an empty string then
+.Nm
+sends a default
+.Ar clientid
+of the hardware family and the hardware address.
 .El
 .Ss Restriciting behaviour
 .Nm
diff --git a/dhcpcd.conf.5.in b/dhcpcd.conf.5.in
index 90b2c1ba..acfcc347 100644
--- a/dhcpcd.conf.5.in
+++ b/dhcpcd.conf.5.in
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.Dd November 17, 2008
+.Dd November 19, 2008
 .Dt DHCPCD.CONF 5 SMM
 .Sh NAME
 .Nm dhcpcd.conf
@@ -64,8 +64,13 @@ carrier status.
 Send the
 .Ar clientid .
 If the string is of the format 01:02:03 then it is encoded as hex.
-For interfaces whose hardware address is longer than 8 bytes we send a default
-clientid of the hardware family and the hardware address.
+For interfaces whose hardware address is longer than 8 bytes, or if the
+.Ar clientid
+is an empty string then
+.Nm dhcpcd
+sends a default
+.Ar clientid
+of the hardware family and the hardware address.
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