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List:       dhcp-client
Subject:    Request for a slight addition to the distribution
From:       Chittaranjan Mandal <chitta () cse ! iitkgp ! ernet ! in>
Date:       2002-01-06 9:31:47
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Please find attached sample files for dhclient.conf and
dhclient-exit-hooks.

The supplied dhclient-exit-hooks tries to set the nisdomainname and also
properly configure some files for ntpd.

Although these are really small things, I think it is very important to
have these, or refined versions of these, in the distribution.
For without these, one has to do similar things for every m/c 
installation, making the process more painful.

I think the dhcp client should do everything it can to safely configure
the host on booting to save admin. time and effort, and also to ensure
more consistent operation.

Thanks to Ted for pointing me to dhclient-exit-hooks.

Regards,
Chitta


-- Attached file included as plaintext by Ecartis --
-- File: dhclient-exit-hooks

#!/bin/sh

# File:   /etc/dhclient-exit-hooks
# Author: Chittaranjan Mandal, Dept. of CSE, IITKGP
# Date:   Jan 6, 2002

if [ "x$new_nis_domain" != x ] ; then
  domainname $new_nis_domain
  echo "dhclient-exit-hooks: set domainname to $new_nis_domain"
fi

if [ "x$new_ntp_servers" != x ] ; then
  echo $new_ntp_servers > /etc/ntp/step-tickers
  echo "dhclient-exit-hooks: dumped $new_ntp_servers to /etc/ntp/step-tickers"
fi

if [ -f /etc/ntp.conf ] ; then
  sed "s/^[ 	]*server.*//" /etc/ntp.conf > /tmp/ntp.conf
  sed "s/^[ 	]*fudge.*//" /tmp/ntp.conf > /tmp/ntp.conf.1
  awk -v ntps="$new_ntp_servers" "
   BEGIN                { print \"server  \"ntps ;
                          print \"server  127.127.1.0\";
	                  print \"fudge   127.127.1.0 stratum 10\"
	                  blank=0 ;
	                  start=1 ;
                        }
   /^[ 	]*$/            { if (start==0 || blank==0 ) { print  ; blank=1 } }
   /[^ 	][^ 	]*/     { print ; start=0 }
  " /tmp/ntp.conf.1 > /etc/ntp.conf
  rm /tmp/ntp.conf
  echo "dhclient-exit-hooks: replaced server with $new_ntp_servers in /etc/ntp.conf"
fi

-- Attached file included as plaintext by Ecartis --
-- File: dhclient.conf

request subnet-mask, broadcast-address, time-offset, routers,
        domain-name, domain-name-servers, host-name, nis-domain,
	nis-servers, ntp-servers, lpr-servers;

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