The DHCP Domain Search Option does not update the search setting in /etc/resolv.conf on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

The DHCP-option

domain-search (#119) documented in

RFC-3397 "Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Domain Search Option" does not work on RHEL-5.3.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • DHCP server providing the option #119 called domain-search

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