[ILUG] isc-dhcp-client - Invalid Domain Search

[Ian Duffy]

Hi,
I was wondering if somebody could help me. I am using isc-dhcp-client on
debian squeeze and I keep seeing the following in my logs:

Jul 13 03:31:33 176-31-9-227 dhclient: suspect value in domain_search
> option - discarded
> Jul 13 03:31:33 176-31-9-227 dhclient: Invalid domain list.


I am using pfsense for the DHCP server(which I believe is isc-dhcp-server)
and it has the domain-search option set correctly:

subnet 176.31.9.224 netmask 255.255.255.240 {
>         pool {
>                 option domain-name-servers 8.8.8.8,8.8.4.4;
>                 range 176.31.9.225 176.31.9.225;
>         }
>         option routers 176.31.9.225;
>         option domain-name "vmnw.net";
>         option domain-search "vmnw.net";
>         option domain-search-list "vmnw.net";
>         option domain-name-servers 8.8.8.8,8.8.4.4;
>         option ntp-servers 213.186.33.99;
> }


 Looking at the leases file on the client the domain-search value is null:

lease {
>   interface "eth1";
>   fixed-address 176.31.9.227;
>   option subnet-mask 255.255.255.240;
>   option routers 176.31.9.225;
>   option dhcp-lease-time 7200;
>   option dhcp-message-type 5;
>   option domain-name-servers 8.8.8.8,8.8.4.4;
>   option dhcp-server-identifier 176.31.9.225;
>   option domain-search ;
>   option ntp-servers 213.186.33.99;
>   option host-name "176-31-9-227";
>   option domain-name "vmnw.net";
>   renew 5 2012/07/13 03:17:18;
>   rebind 5 2012/07/13 04:16:33;
>   expire 5 2012/07/13 04:31:33;
> }


Any advice on how to fix this?

Kind regards,
Ian